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2035?
Well, by then neural rendering will be coming into its own, if it isn't already very mature already.
The leap between now and then in terms of perceived visuals probably will be greater than the leap between 2015 and now.
Not because hardware is especially more powerful, but because we will have made huge gains through more efficient software and specialized deep-learning assisted rendering.
Nvidia has already set the stage with their white papers. It is just a matter of AMD (and possibly Intel) catching up.
The current trends of moving to hardware-agnostic development and a digital-only future will also continue toward their logical conclusion.
Edit: If network bandwidth is high enough (which is possible through more developed photonics) we might see large parts of the pipeline being computed in the cloud.
Last edited by sc94597 - on 29 June 2025
