This project is a GUI-based Gaussian splat training utility built specifically for converting triangle meshes and self-contained models into splats.

It uses my own RTX ray tracer and virtual photogrammetry to procedurally create truth images of the model, which are then fed into a series of CUDA kernels that iteratively align the splats through gradient descent.

Example models shown here are available on Quixel and TurboSquid.

This project is a content plugin for Unreal Engine 5.3 that adds infinity mirror-style parallax materials. The base material is highly configurable and exposes parameters for: base texture, colorization, number of parallax layers, world-space distance between parallax layers, and more.

Built using the UE Material Editor and a bit of HLSL, the project achieves two distinct effects:

1) Layer-based parallax texture offset (to create fake depth), which is calculated in the vertex shader using the camera's current position.

2) Automatic texture segmentation & stretching to preserve edge/corner aspect ratios and allow panels to procedurally fill space.

This project uses NVIDIA RTX hardware acceleration to render photorealistic scenes and materials! Implements the following rendering techniques/light behaviors:

• Reflection (Diffuse, Specular)
• Ray Scattering
• Multisampling
• Refraction
• Schlick's Approximation
• Light Sources

Supports real-time and static rendering, OBJ model loading, texture maps, configurable shader parameters, and more!

This fantastic Madagascar Giant Day Gecko model is not my own creation. It was designed by Andreasstrom and is available on TurboSquid.

Featured by Valve's guest writer Craig Pearson in the one-year anniversary mod showcase!

Emergent is a complete gamemode built into an original map layout. The engine's scripting system has been utilized to drastically alter the standard gameplay rules of Half-Life: Alyx. The map has over 9,000 current subscribers and over 200 ratings, with a 95% positive ratio.

The map features a complex point economy system, powerups that drop from killing enemies, new physics interactions between props and hostile entities, machines that vend items, puzzles to unlock said machines, and a wave-based difficulty scaling system.