Real-time rendering

To demonstrate the Instant NeRF tool, Nvidia transformed still photographs of a model dressed like Andy Warhol into a high-resolution three-dimensional image

Photography

AI tool renders 2D photos as all-around 3D scenes in seconds

At last week's GTC developer conference, Nvidia revealed a nifty AI tool that takes a bunch of 2D photos of the same scene from different angles and almost instantly transforms them into a three-dimensional digital rendering.

A computer-generated Andy Serkis demonstrates the latest advance in photorealistic digital avatars

Computers

"Synthetic human" CGI demonstrates eerie photorealism generated in real-time

Epic Games recently unveiled a remarkable demonstration of its latest real-time digital rendering system called Unreal Engine. The demonstration showed a completely digital copy of actor Andy Serkis reciting lines from Macbeth illustrating the rapid evolution of photorealistic digital effects.

Close-up: dramatic lighting enhances the look of Activision R&D's real-time character

Games

Activision R&D reveals stunning real-time character rendering at GDC 2013

Activision R&D showed off its work on photorealistic characters at GDC 2013.