Nvidia DLSS 5 teaser looks like a pretty AI lighting filter

Nvidia unveiled a context-light teaser for DLSS 5 that left viewers with mixed impressions. CEO Jen‑Hsun Huang asked, "Computer graphics comes to life... now what did we do?" while the company described DLSS 5 as a "real-time neural rendering model that infuses pixels with photoreal lighting and materials." Digital Foundry attended demos at GTC showing an RTX 5090 rendering a path-traced Resident Evil Requiem and Oblivion Remastered while a second RTX 5090 powered the DLSS 5 component.

That setup highlights steep hardware demands, and Nvidia says the footage is a snapshot of current development rather than the final release. The article raises questions about "the level of AI artifice" being placed on top of games and the resulting debates over artistic intent and player expectations.

Nvidia says "DLSS 5 will arrive this fall and be supported by the industry’s biggest publishers and game developers, including Bethesda, CAPCOM, Hotta Studio, NetEase, NCSOFT, S-GAME, Tencent, Ubisoft and Warner Bros.

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