Researchers from Coburg University and AMD have unveiled an innovative GPU-based method to procedurally generate over 35 GB worth of vegetation—trees, leaves, and brush—from a tiny 52 KB of data. The technique, showcased at this year’s High‑Performance Graphics Symposium, leverages GPU work graphs and mesh nodes within modern APIs like Direct3D and Vulkan. Tested on an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, it achieves full-scene rendering in just 7.7 milliseconds per frame—well within the 16.7 ms needed for 60 fps.

This dramatic reduction in VRAM usage makes it possible to render immersive forests in real-time without high memory costs, offering a promising path forward for gaming and simulation engines aiming to balance detail and performance.