About Markus
Principal Research and Development Graphics Engineer with extensive knowledge and experience in Realtime-Rendering applied to Motion Picture and Film, Games, VR/AR and Visual Computing.
Majority of my work has been on an employment basis and thus rather confidential. Mostly worked on novel Real-Time Rendering methods including novel view synthesize (e.g. 3D Gaussian Splatting), Unreal Engine Rendering modifications or integrations, Optimizations, Engine Programming in general as well as providing technical direction for a successful and smooth production.
SIGGRAPH 2026 Panel Speaker:
- "Advancing Virtual Production: Technical Innovations and Collaborative Pipelines for Film, TV and Live Events".
Game Dev Awards:
- NYX Game Awards Grand Winner 2024: "Best Sony PlayStation VR Game" - Synapse
- TIGA Games Industry Awards Winner 2023 : "Best VR Game" - Synapse
- The Game Awards Nomination 2023 "Best VR Game": Synapse (PS5) - (Resident Evil Village from CAPCOM was the well deserved winner)
Author of Peer-Reviewed Top-Tier Research Publications in Realtime Visual Computing:
- IEEE VR Conference Paper 2018 (Physics Simulation - "Efficient Physics-Based Implementation for Realistic Hand-Object Interaction in Virtual Reality")
- IEEE TVCG Journal 2019 (Real-Time Image-Based Rendering / Novel View-Synthesis - "Real-Time View Planning for Unstructured Lumigraph Modeling")
Broadcast Tech Innovation Awards (BTIA) for Film, Post-Production, TV and Broadcast:
- "Tech Team Of The Year" Award Winner 2025 - Applied Technology (Dimension Futures)
Feel free to look at my LinkedIn profile for my full experience, reviews and recommendations from previous studios.
English
Native or bilingual
German
Native or bilingual
Italian
Basic
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- Dimension Studio / JourneyPrincipal Real-Time Rendering EngineerJune 2025 - Today (1 year)London, UK+ Applied Technology + Various novel real-time rendering tech for DNEG 360 / Dimension Studio + AI Frame Generation + Ray-Tracing and Denoising enhancements + Engine Rendering fixes + Display Cluster Rendering
- Dimension Studio / DNEG 360Senior Real-Time Rendering EngineerDecember 2023 - June 2025 (1 year and 6 months)Greater London, UK+ Various novel real-time rendering tech for DNEG 360 / Dimension Studio + Custom Dimension-Unreal Engine (DUE) for DNEG 360 / Dimension Studio + LumenAOVs Lighting Decomposition + High-Performance Scalable Custom GPGPU Compute Pipeline for Gaussian Splatting Rendering + Raymarched Shadows and Animations for Gaussian Splatting + SH Machine Learning Compression
- nDreams / AonicPrincipal Graphics ProgrammerSeptember 2021 - November 2023 (2 years and 2 months)England, UK+ Realtime Global Illumination + (Novel) Image-Based Rendering of 3D Environments + Custom Low-Level UE Rendering Modifications + HDR ToneMapping + PSVR2 SDK and FireAnt Contribution + PSVR2 / PS5 + Foveated Rendering + Image Upscaling + Optimization + Hiring / Technical Interviews (Graphics) + Consulting with Production, Code, Art and LD + Color Pipeline + Risk Management + Profiling + Unreal Engine
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Education
- Computer Graphics - Software Engineering and Business Management, Master of Science (MSc)University Of Technology, Graz2017Master of Science (MSc)
- Software Engineering and Business Management (Computer Graphics) Bachelor of Science (BSc)University of Technology, Graz2016Bachelor of Science (BSc)