From “slapped on” to “grown in”: Hitem3D 2.0 bets integrated texture generation can make AI 3D assets actually printable

Hitem3D 2.0 adds a portrait mode described as “ strand-level fidelity ,” aiming to reconstruct head shape and facial ...
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Intel and Microsoft showcase AI-powered texture compression at GDC 2025

TL;DR: Texture compression has been crucial in gaming, especially with 4K resolution demands. In 2025, AI-powered methods will enhance performance by reducing texture sizes without quality loss.
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AI texture decompression will breathe new life into GPUs with only 8GB of VRAM

TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX Neural Texture Compression, enabled by DirectX 12's Cooperative Vectors, reduces VRAM usage up to 7X while enhancing texture quality for 4K gaming. This AI-driven technology ...
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Nvidia hints at the future of DLSS for AI-generated textures and NPCs in games

Why it matters: With the advent of beastly GPUs packing hundreds of tensor cores, generative AI's ever-increasing use in gaming was inevitable. But the extent of its role is something Nvidia's Jensen ...