Strix DLSS
A real place, recreated in real-time 3D as faithfully as possible and powered by DLSS: artificial intelligence that rebuilds every frame as you walk through it.
- Real-time 3D
- Digital twins
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About the project
Strix DLSS is a demo that recreates a real location as a digital twin: the architecture, materials and surroundings modeled in Blender and brought into Unity to be explored in real time, with the goal of making the screen pass for a photograph.
The work centered on lighting and visual effects. On Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline, real-time ray tracing handles reflections, shadows and indirect light, while a time-of-day cycle takes the scene from morning to night: low afternoon light raking across the stone, the sun filtering through the central patio, reflections on the glass.
What makes it possible is NVIDIA DLSS, a cutting-edge technology on the rise. Instead of computing every pixel by brute force, a neural network rebuilds each frame in real time from a lower-resolution one: more sharpness and detail, and the performance needed to sustain effects that would otherwise not fit in real time. The result is a noticeably more photorealistic environment, driven by artificial intelligence frame by frame.
What it does
- A digital twin of a real location
- DLSS: artificial intelligence rebuilding every frame in real time
- Real-time ray tracing: reflections, shadows and global illumination
- A time-of-day cycle, from morning to night
- Built in Unity HDRP and C#, modeled in Blender
- Engine
- Unity 3D · HDRP · C#
- Technology
- NVIDIA DLSS · Ray tracing
- Type
- Digital twin · Real-time 3D
Gallery
The curved glass facade reflecting the sky
The ramp down to the central patio, by day
The patio tree beneath the curved terraces
The central patio in golden afternoon light
Low light raking across the ramp and its railing
The sun filtering in beside the stone wall
