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Wil Braithwaite

As of October 2026, Wil Braithwaite is a senior applied engineer at NVIDIA whose work connects visual effects pipelines with GPU computing and immersive graphics. He spent 15 years in visual effects at studios in London and Los Angeles, working from research and technical direction through compositing, CG supervision, and motion-capture supervision, then brought graphics hardware into VFX workflows at NVIDIA. In November 2013, he presented on multi-GPU programming at SIGGRAPH Asia and spoke about GPU use in VFX at CVMP; FxGuideTV published the CVMP talk in January 2014. At IBC in September 2014, he described virtual framing with real-time CGI on a live-action set; in 2020, he coauthored the NVIDIA post introducing NanoVDB for OpenVDB on GPUs. He contributed to NVIDIA Research’s immersive 3D exhibit at GTC 2025 and coauthored a 2026 radiance-field paper that reached 200+ FPS across 45 views on a light-field display.

Now at
NVIDIA

Timeline

  1. By 2013

    Fifteen years in visual effects

    He works for 15 years in visual effects at studios in London and Los Angeles, in roles from research and technical direction to compositing, CG supervision, and MOCAP supervision. By 2013, he is at NVIDIA and brings graphics hardware into VFX workflows.

  2. November 2013–January 2014

    Ten years of GPUs in VFX

    At CVMP in London in November 2013, he speaks about ten years of GPU use in VFX and post production. FxGuideTV publishes his presentation as episode 185 in January 2014.

  3. November 2013

    Multi-GPU programming at SIGGRAPH

    At SIGGRAPH Asia on November 20, 2013, he presents part one of “Multi-GPU Programming for Visual Computing” during the NVIDIA / HP Tech Talk.

  4. September 2014

    Virtual framing for live action

    At IBC in September 2014, he describes virtual framing of a shot by compositing real-time CGI with a live-action set.

  5. August 2020

    NanoVDB for OpenVDB on GPUs

    In August 2020, he and Ken Museth publish the NVIDIA Technical Blog post “Accelerating OpenVDB on GPUs with NanoVDB.” It introduces NanoVDB, originally developed at NVIDIA and added to the OpenVDB project, with examples for ray tracing and collision detection.

  6. March 2025

    Immersive 3D experiences

    In March 2025, he contributes to NVIDIA Research’s GTC exhibit of immersive 3D experiences with free-viewpoint static and dynamic content. The exhibit lets users move around within streaming video in 3D in real time.

  7. July 2026

    Radiance fields on light field displays

    In July 2026, he coauthors the HPG 2026 paper “Real-time 3D Visualization of Radiance Fields on Light Field Displays” with Jonghyun Kim, Cheng Sun, Michael Stengel, Matthew Chan, Andrew Russell, Jae-Hyun Jung, Shalini De Mello, and David Luebke. Its method composites shared sweeping planes into dense light-field views in a single pass and reaches 200+ FPS at 512p across 45 views on a Looking Glass display.

  8. As of October 2026

    Senior applied engineer at NVIDIA

    As of October 2026, he is a senior applied engineer at NVIDIA, where he consults, trains, and assists the development of VFX studio projects that use NVIDIA technologies.

  1. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes NVIDIA. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.
  2. 20% of people at companies who shape AI also hold a university role, led by Google and Stanford UniversityIncludes NVIDIA. We estimate that 539 of the 6,766 people with a known current organization (8%) hold both a university role and a company role, including 20% of people at companies and 13% of people at universities.
  3. Google alumni have founded or led 133 other organizations, more than any other AI labIncludes NVIDIA. We estimate that alumni of 17 major AI labs went on to found or lead 350 other organizations, including 226 they founded, and we trace 472 career moves directly between 23 labs since 2010.
  4. Universities (31%) and startups and other companies (25%) employ the largest shares of 2020–2026 entrantsIncludes NVIDIA. Among 819 people whose first recorded role started in 2020–2026 and who have a known current organization, 60% work in commercial sectors (25% at startups and other companies, 23% at frontier labs and 13% at big tech, with 9 in two), and 31% work at universities, compared with 66% for earlier entrants.

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  1. Author: Wil Braithwaite | NVIDIA Technical Blog developer.nvidia.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Wil Braithwaite Author Page | NVIDIA Blog blogs.nvidia.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. CVMP 2013 - an insight into VFX, broadcast, post, graphics & imaging - fxguide fxguide.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. FxGuideTV : une décennie d’utilisation de GPUs pour les VFX et la postproduction - 3DVF 3dvf.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. fxguidetv #185: GPUs in VFX - fxguide fxguide.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Exhibitor Talks & Sessions | SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 sa2013.siggraph.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. IBC Daily 2014 – 15 September digital edition content.yudu.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. Accelerating OpenVDB on GPUs with NanoVDB | NVIDIA Technical Blog developer.nvidia.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  9. Democratizing Immersive Experiences with NVIDIA AI | NVIDIA Research research.nvidia.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  10. Real-time 3D Visualization of Radiance Fields on Light Field Displays | Research research.nvidia.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  11. Real-time 3D Visualization of Radiance Fields on Light Field Displays research.nvidia.com. Checked 21 October 2026.