About Us
MagicDawn is a cutting-edge game R&D technology team under Tencent Games, with a core focus on frontier rendering. We are committed to delivering an uncompromising, best-in-class player experience, leveraging our breakthrough research in real-time rendering, AI and cloud computing to continuously evolve our products and lead the next wave of industry innovation.
This website serves as the central hub for sharing our work, featuring published papers, technical articles and conference presentations from MagicDawn's in-house research. We are always on the lookout for passionate interns with a deep enthusiasm for cutting-edge rendering technology to join our team.
magicdawn@tencent.comEmpowering developers to craft the ultimate audiovisual experience for players.
Publications
Neural Dynamic GI: Random-Access Compression for Temporal Multiple Lightmaps
A neural compression technique for temporal lightmap sets, using compact feature maps and lightweight networks to enable high-quality dynamic global illumination with minimal storage overhead.
Lightmap Compression with Color-Coherent UV Clustering and Cascade Texture Optimization
A UV-space lightmap compression framework achieving 83% storage reduction with approximately 10 dB higher PSNR, compatible with standard block-based texture formats.
Gaussian Compression for Precomputed Indirect Illumination
A Gaussian fitting compression technique for light field probes, achieving up to 1:50 compression ratio with high-speed GPU decompression while preserving indirect illumination quality.