Abstract: Current Virtual Reality (VR) environments lack the haptic signals that humans experience during real-life interactions, such as the sensation of texture during lateral movement on a surface.

NVIDIA researchers have proposed a neural compression method for material textures that enables random-access lookups and real-time decompression on GPUs, directly targeting the growing strain that ...

Nvidia researchers have proposed a neural compression method for material textures that, according to results reported in their preprint, can significantly reduce the texture memory footprint during ...

WTF?! While the latest AAA first-person shooters usually require over 100GB of storage space, and even retro-style indie titles consume a gigabyte or two, a solo developer recently released a project ...

The conversion of two-dimensional visual references into three-dimensional digital assets has historically required specialized modeling expertise and significant time allocation. Hyper3D, the ...

Imagine having a fantastic idea for creating a three-dimensional design but not wanting to sculpt it from scratch or want it to be incredibly complex with any software tools and be wary of any ...

Procedural texture generation and rendering encompass a range of algorithmic techniques designed to synthesise detailed, non-repetitive textures on virtual surfaces. By relying on mathematical models ...

The transitional blending between terrain and objects is a core challenge in enhancing the realism of game scenes. Aiming at the problems of poor universality, reliance on high-configuration devices, ...

Epic Games launches free military airport environment by FreshScan on Fab, kicking off a bi-weekly release schedule for Unity and Unreal Engine assets. Epic Games is kicking off its new bi-weekly ...

The latest version of the Unity game engine—which is the basis for the vast majority of XR games made today—is now available to developers as a preview. Unity 6 Preview includes new features to make ...