Andrew Avilan@Swerdans

Neural-Ink V5 solves one of the most difficult challenges in real-time AI: bringing high-fidelity neural style transfer to the gaming industry without the common pitfalls of temporal flickering and high latency. Developed for the AMD Pervasive AI Hackathon, this project bridges the gap from Cloud to Edge. We utilize the massive compute power of AMD Instinct™ MI300X to train deep residual networks that process not just color, but 16-bit depth maps and motion vectors. The result is a temporally stable, 1930s-inspired "ink-style" aesthetic that runs at a lightning-fast ~15ms latency directly inside the Unity Game Engine. By leveraging ROCm 6.2 for cloud training and Unity Sentis (DirectML/Vulkan) for edge inference, VantEdge demonstrates how AMD hardware enables a new era of "AI-Native" graphics that empower creative teams to redefine visual storytelling.

Grab your ideas, spin up compute, and start building what’s next! Start with $100 in AMD Developer Cloud credits and begin building right away. Get access to hands-on tutorials, workshops, and curated learning resources to help you build faster and go further. To unlock credits and join the hackathon, sign up for the AMD AI Developer Program. 🤝 Go solo or team up — ship something real. 💰 $21,500+ total prize pool & 1 × AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9700 GPU up for grabs. 📍 On-site Venue (May 9-10): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 📍On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑‍💻 Developers, builders, and innovators - bring your boldest ideas and let’s turn them into real AI systems on AMD.