Master’s Thesis: Neural Shading for Stylized Real-Time Characters

About the Thesis
This Master’s thesis explores neural shading for stylized real-time character rendering.

The focus is on using neural material representations for:

Faces (stylized skin shading)

Kits and fabrics (art-directed materials)

Rather than targeting photorealism, the project investigates how neural shading can enable bespoke visual styles, richer material behavior, and potentially simpler and more scalable rendering pipelines in a real-time game engine.

You’ll work at the intersection of graphics, machine learning, and game development, with real production constraints and guidance from our rendering and art teams.