Presentation
GPU Rendering Innovations at Sony Pictures Imageworks
SessionNVIDIA RTX Rendering Day
DescriptionExplore how Sony Pictures Imageworks, creators of visual effects for over fifty feature films, including A Minecraft Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, have transformed the SPEAR renderer with GPU acceleration. Discover innovative techniques to address execution coherency and memory organization that enable faster, more interactive artist workflows all while attempting to maintain feature parity with the CPU production renderer. Find out how the team overcame challenges with complex production shaders and lighting scenarios and achieved significant performance gains using NVIDIA OptiX. Join us for practical advice on how to implement GPU rendering for modern visual effects workflows.
Event Type
Industry Session
TimeTuesday, 12 August 20254:00pm - 4:50pm PDT
LocationWest Building, Rooms 111-112
Session TimeTuesday, 12 August 20259:00am - 4:50pm PDT
LocationWest Building, Rooms 111-112
Production & Animation
Animation
Art
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Graphics Systems Architecture
Industry Insight
Lighting
Performance
Pipeline Tools and Work
Real-Time
Rendering
