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arXiv cs.GR details a texture-space diffusion method that generates and reconstructs 3D materials without the usual multi-view consistency headaches. By finetuning a video diffusion transformer in 2D texture space, the …
DealMaTe proposes a diffusion-transformer approach for multi-dimensional material transfer, aiming to move more than just color or texture between assets. Published in ACM Transactions on Graphics, the work points toward …
A new copper-oxidation pipeline forecasts how a fixed surface will look 10 accelerated units ahead, then turns that prediction into PBR maps for albedo, normal, roughness, and metallic. The practical …
A correction has been issued for the 2026 TOG paper on fiber-level woven fabric capture from a single microscopic image. For graphics teams working on materials, the practical takeaway is …
RealMat combines Stable Diffusion XL with reinforcement learning to generate more believable material maps for 3D authoring. The pipeline starts from synthetic 2×2 material grids, then pushes the model toward …
A new hybrid BRDF aims to give real-time rendering a better middle ground between classic microfacet shading and heavier neural appearance models. By pairing a GGX-style base with a small …
Disney Research’s NMA maps complex material captures into a compact analytic BRDF, aiming to keep high-end appearance while making shading cheaper and more pipeline-friendly. The interesting bit for graphics teams …
A single microscopic image can now be used to reconstruct woven fabric at fiber-level detail, which is a big deal for material-heavy rendering pipelines. For teams chasing believable cloth, this …
A new hypernetwork-based texture compressor can generate both latent texture features and decoder weights in one shot, avoiding per-material gradient descent. For graphics teams, the interesting part is that it …
This paper tackles a real bottleneck for material-generation workflows: training data that only covers simple diffuse-plus-single-specular PBR assets. The authors procedurally upgrade those materials into richer layered models with effects …
A fabrication paper shows how flexible textile formwork can cast catenary concrete arches, then reorient them without cracking by rotating the frame with the piece. The practical takeaway is a …
HiMat tackles a real bottleneck for material authoring: generating 4K SVBRDFs without blowing up memory or losing map alignment. It uses a high-compression latent space plus a diffusion transformer with …
Procedural GPU patterns can look elegant, but they trade texture fetches for extra math and shader cost. Sine-wave based effects are a good example: they’re flexible, yet more complex patterns …
Unreal Engine developers can now access over 280 production-ready automotive Substrate materials for free on Fab. This resource is a game-changer for artists and designers focused on automotive visualization, providing …
arXiv cs.GR details a learned spectral-code system that lets RGB renderers carry spectral data without changing the pipeline. The method targets the usual pain points—metamerism, colored glass, metals, and subsurface …
A paper from arXiv shows a 2-stage way to turn video diffusion models into reusable neural materials. The interesting part for game teams is that it uses 17 generated frames …