NVIDIA has unveiled DLSS 5, which is set to hit platforms later this year, using real-time neural rendering to generate photorealistic lighting and visuals. In a press release, the team at NVIDIA posted a comparison image between DLSS 5 off and DLSS 5 on, and all people are noticing is that it looks reminiscent of cheap AI filters that beautify pictures.
That being said, it has been dubbed the ‘company’s most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing’ almost a decade ago.
NVIDIA DLSS 5 is an ‘AI-Powered Breakthrough’
In a recent blog post, the NVIDIA team revealed DLSS 5, a rendering model that aims to push AI technology further than ever. It’s an evolution over DLSS 4.5, which ‘uses AI to draw 23 out of every 24 pixels seen on screen.’
The team explained:
DLSS 5 takes a game’s color and motion vectors for each frame as input, and uses an AI model to infuse the scene with photoreal lighting and materials that are anchored to source 3D content and consistent from frame to frame. DLSS 5 runs in real time at up to 4K resolution for smooth, interactive gameplay.
But the result is, in almost every comparison shot, an image that looks like a cheap AI filter, the kind that has been polishing mediocre digital photos for the last year or two, all over social media.
In a statement, Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, said:
Twenty-five years after NVIDIA invented the programmable shader, we are reinventing computer graphics once again.
DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics — blending handcrafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression.
Here’s the technology in motion:
It’s a hugely AI-centric endeavour that will leave those in opposition to the technology protesting in vain. It might be massively transformative and result in stunning visuals, but it’s hard to break away from the ‘obvious AI uprender’ vibe you get from the comparison images.
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