Advances in Real-Time Rendering and Simulation

The field of computer graphics and simulation is rapidly evolving, with a focus on achieving real-time performance and high-fidelity results. Recent developments have centered around the use of neural networks and machine learning algorithms to accelerate rendering, simulation, and other computationally intensive tasks. One notable trend is the integration of neural networks with traditional rendering pipelines, enabling faster and more efficient rendering of complex scenes. Additionally, there is a growing interest in using machine learning to simulate real-world phenomena, such as fluid dynamics and acoustic transfer, with high accuracy and speed. These advances have significant implications for a wide range of applications, including virtual reality, video games, and scientific visualization. Noteworthy papers in this area include Lumina, which proposes a hardware-algorithm co-designed system for real-time mobile neural rendering, and TransGI, which introduces a novel neural rendering method for real-time dynamic global illumination. NAT is also noteworthy for its innovative approach to real-time acoustic transfer simulation using implicit neural representations.

Sources

Lumina: Real-Time Mobile Neural Rendering by Exploiting Computational Redundancy

Neural Visibility Cache for Real-Time Light Sampling

Hardware Accelerated Neural Block Texture Compression with Cooperative Vectors

NAT: Neural Acoustic Transfer for Interactive Scenes in Real Time

BecomingLit: Relightable Gaussian Avatars with Hybrid Neural Shading

FlowBERT: Prompt-tuned BERT for variable flow field prediction

Feasibility Study of CNNs and MLPs for Radiation Heat Transfer in 2-D Furnaces with Spectrally Participative Gases

GATE: Geometry-Aware Trained Encoding

Passive acoustic non-line-of-sight localization without a relay surface

NeurIPS 2024 ML4CFD Competition: Results and Retrospective Analysis

STREAMINGGS: Voxel-Based Streaming 3D Gaussian Splatting with Memory Optimization and Architectural Support

TransGI: Real-Time Dynamic Global Illumination With Object-Centric Neural Transfer Model

Hearing Hands: Generating Sounds from Physical Interactions in 3D Scenes

Built with on top of