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Gaming Landscape of the United Kingdom 2,277 Gaming companies in the United Kingdom, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
2,277 companies tracked
$3.8B disclosed funding
51 hiring right now
252 events · 24 months
279,901 news articles · 12 months
Who leads Gaming in the United Kingdom Shows the 2,277 UK gaming firms, highlighting which are hiring, which have disclosed funding, and which are noted for leadership, funding, and hiring activity.
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How the Gaming ecosystem in the United Kingdom grew, 2016–2025 Shows the number of gaming companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, with a peak of 234 in 2021 and 13 in 2025.
Companies founded / year
new Gaming companies in the United Kingdom
2016: 109 2017: 119 2018: 114 2019: 150 2020: 182 2021: 234 2022: 137 2023: 80 2024: 71 2025: 13 2016 2025
peak 234 in 2021
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
2016 2025
peak 58 in 2022
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 77,170,409 2017: 602,549,974 2018: 113,730,059 2019: 69,161,539 2020: 239,340,883 2021: 598,759,538 2022: 782,616,349 2023: 147,539,473 2024: 189,712,315 2025: 78,514,111 2016 2025
peak $782.6M in 2022
Where Gaming companies in the United Kingdom are based Lists the cities where UK gaming firms are located, led by London with 816 companies followed by Manchester, Tortola, Guildford, and Brighton.
→ Hub 01
London
816 Gaming companies
78% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
816 companies
$2.8B disclosed funding
22 hiring now
Hub 02
Manchester
40 Gaming companies
4% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
40 companies
$36.9M disclosed funding
1 hiring now
Hub 03
Tortola
38 Gaming companies
4% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
38 companies
$94M disclosed funding
Hub 04
Guildford
36 Gaming companies
3% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
36 companies
$26.3M disclosed funding
1 hiring now
Hub 05
Brighton
35 Gaming companies
3% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
35 companies
$11.3M disclosed funding
1 hiring now
Hub 06
Bristol
35 Gaming companies
3% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
35 companies
$5.7M disclosed funding
Hub 07
Nottingham
26 Gaming companies
2% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
26 companies
$65.1M disclosed funding
1 hiring now
Hub 08
Edinburgh
26 Gaming companies
2% of the Gaming companies across these hubs
26 companies
$215.3M disclosed funding
The Gaming market map of the United Kingdom: what these companies actually do Breaks down the types of games these firms produce and their primary revenue models, such as subscription, advertising, and transaction commissions.
Consumer Digital 1,732 companies · $2.3B raised · 33 hiring Casual Game Developers 1,055 companies · $1.4B raised · 27 hiring Mobile Game Developers 823 companies · $1.3B raised · 23 hiring Pc and Console Game Developers 521 companies · $688M raised · 15 hiring Enterprise Tech 412 companies · $2.2B raised · 19 hiring Enterprise Software 208 companies · $1.4B raised · 12 hiring Blockchain in Gaming 170 companies · $1.3B raised · 2 hiring Web 3.0 169 companies · $1.4B raised · 1 hiring Online Gaming Platforms 156 companies · $130.5M raised · 1 hiring Spatial Computing 151 companies · $1.1B raised · 5 hiring Fintech 149 companies · $1.3B raised · 1 hiring Decentralized Finance 148 companies · $1.2B raised · 1 hiring Monetization
How Gaming companies make money How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Subscription 1,409
Advertising 1,267
Commission on Transaction 1,199
E-Commerce - Product 956
E-Commerce - Service 515
Fee-For-Service 271
Sponsorship 216
Freemium 55
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Gaming in the United Kingdom Counts 252 corporate events over the past two years, categorised into key people moves, earnings releases, mergers, funding rounds, and layoffs.
Leadership 59 Earnings 50 M&A 47 Funding 34 Layoffs 28 Announcement 22 Assets 4 Buyback 3 Capital 2 Contracts 2
Funding Spirit AI, a Beijing robotics startup, raised nearly 2 billion yuan ($290M), valuing it above 10 billion yuan. 2026-04-17 M&A In March 2025, it Capital backed the Secret Mode buyout for an undisclosed sum. 2026-02-26 M&A Splash Damage has acquired Scum developer Gamepires from Runescape developer Jagex, in a transaction backed by Emona Capital. 2026-02-26 M&A SEGG Media expects to close on the acquisition of a controlling interest in Veloce Esports Limited (“Veloce”) in February, subject to customary closing conditions. 2026-01-30 Funding Levellr, a London, UK–based AI insights platform helping brands and game studios understand and monitor Discord, next-generation communities, and user voice data, has raised $2.5 million in Seed funding. 2026-01-30 M&A Tripledot Studios' $800 million purchase of AppLovin’s gaming division were also significant strategic moves of the year. 2026-01-12 M&A Chinese tech and entertainment giant Tencent has sold UK developer Bulkhead to a newly-formed consortium comprised of Super Media Group (SMG), Team 17 parent Everplay Group PLC and Hiro Capital. 2025-12-11 Funding Zürich’s Flexion with €43 million to develop control systems for humanoid robots; 2025-11-28 M&A Newly formed gaming collective Roundtable Interactive has acquired Bristol-based Auroch Digital for an undisclosed sum. 2025-11-26 M&A Roundtable Interactive acquired Auroch from Sumo Digital, which bought the Bristol-based studio for $8.3 million in 2021. 2025-11-26 Mergers and acquisitions Deals from the last 24 months where a Gaming company in the United Kingdom was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
Acquirer Target Deal value Status Date Splash Damage undisclosed Announced 2026-02-26 Na Secret Mode undisclosed — 2026-02-26 SEGG Media Corporation Veloce undisclosed Announced 2026-02-02 Tripledot $800M Announced 2026-01-13 Consortium comprising Super Media Group, Everplay Group PLC, Hiro Capital BULKHEAD undisclosed Announced 2025-12-11 Roundtable Interactive Auroch Digital undisclosed Completed 2025-11-26
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work Provides details on specific events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract awards, with a focus on leadership moves.
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
9 companies reporting50 company-quarters tracked
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +10.5% , half slower.
Who is building Gaming in the United Kingdom Profiles 906 founders and CEOs across 678 firms, noting their most common universities and previous employers such as Oxford, Cambridge, Microsoft, and Facebook.
Founders and chief executives 12 of 906, from the best-funded companies on this page
→ Co-Founder & CEO
Herman Narula
Owner Ozymandias Productions. University of Cambridge 2012
Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer
Richie Zhu
Ex - Makers Fund, McKinsey & Company, Peking University 2014
Co-Founder & CEO
Lior Shiff
Co-Founder On The Spot Development, Ex-Co-Founder Luna Labs, Co-Founder Product Madness. Tel Aviv University BA 1997…
Chief Executive Officer & CTO
Mark Gerhard
Co-Founder & CEO
Will Dean
repeat founder Co-Founder CoachCube.AI, Tough Mudder, ex-Foreign and Commonwealth Office. University of Bristol BSc 2003, HBS MBA 2009
CEO Trung Thuy Group, Founder Dreamplex Coworking Space. University of Melbourne 2009
Ex-Head of External Development @ Codemasters
Co-Founder & CEO
Mirko Basil
Ex-mousesports, TUI Cruises, Viking Cruises. Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences 2010
Tiga, ex-University Of Westminster, Climax Online, Electronic, Bizare Creations.Architectural Association School Of Architecture Master's Degree 1995…
Ex-Bastion, Curve Games, Bossa Studios · University of Lancashire BS
Founder and CEO
John Earner
Space Ape Games, ex-Accel Partners, ex-Llustre, University of California, Berkeley - Walter A. Haas School of Business, 2005
Founder & CEO Whispering Gibbon, ex- Reflections, Eutechnyx. University of Sheffield BEng 2001
Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 63 of 906 founders
University of Oxford 13
University of Cambridge 8
University of Bristol 7
Harvard University 6
Harvard Business School 5
Stanford University 5
University of Warwick 5
University College London 5
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 17 of 906 founders
Microsoft 5
Facebook 5
Google 2
Morgan Stanley 1
Boston Consulting Group 1
McKinsey 1
Goldman Sachs 1
eBay 1
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 739 founders with a profile on this page
5
carry a repeat-founder flag
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Who funds Gaming in the United Kingdom Summarises 436 funding rounds since 2016 from 602 investors, with the typical round size of $1.9 million.
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel 239
Series A–B 87
Series C+ / PE 9
Grants, debt & other 101
The typical round is $1.9M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Gaming funding rounds in the United Kingdom Highlights the largest disclosed funding round—Improbable’s $502 million Series C—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
Company Round Size When Backers Improbable Series Cmega-round $502M Apr 2017 Horizons Ventures , Andreessen Horowitz , SoftBank Group Kepler Interactive Series B $172.5M Apr 2021 NetEase Games Improbable Series D $150M Apr 2022 Andreessen Horowitz , SoftBank , CMT Association +5 more Tripledot Series B $116M Feb 2022 Access Industries , Lightspeed Venture Partners , Eldridge Industries +1 more Improbable Series D $111M Oct 2022 MultiversX Build A Rocket Boy Series D $110M Jan 2024 RedBird Capital Partners , NetEase Games , Galaxy +4 more Codemasters Series C $98.6M Jun 2007 Goldman Sachs Immersive Gamebox Series C $90M Oct 2022 — Tripledot Series A $78M Apr 2021 Eldridge Industries , Access Industries , Lightspeed Venture Partners Improbable Series C $75.8M Jul 2018 NetEase Games
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M 18
$1–10M 41
$10–50M 6
$50–250M 1
>$250M 0
66 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Fresh cheques · last 6 months
What the news says about Gaming in the United Kingdom Counts 279,901 news articles in the last year, showing the most covered topics and the most frequently mentioned terms.
News volume
Gaming coverage across United Kingdom · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 48,613 2021Q3: 45,112 2021Q4: 42,200 2022Q1: 46,924 2022Q2: 47,627 2022Q3: 49,907 2022Q4: 57,443 2023Q1: 57,269 2023Q2: 56,482 2023Q3: 55,538 2023Q4: 52,332 2024Q1: 57,027 2024Q2: 64,772 2024Q3: 62,272 2024Q4: 67,102 2025Q1: 87,375 2025Q2: 61,906 2025Q3: 132,784 2025Q4: 39,805 2026Q1: 50,933 2021Q2 2026Q1
peak 132,784 in 2025Q3 · 279,901 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative )
2021 2023 2025
Positive-tone share moved 45% → 36%, negative 33% → 19% across 2021–2025.
What the coverage is about The subjects that dominate Gaming news in United Kingdom. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
Geopolitical disputes and contested areas 300,937 ▲+33% International and transnational geographic entities 300,933 ▲+33% Administrative and political subdivisions 300,907 ▲+33% International political relations 24,598 ▲+71% Horse racing betting tips 20,300 ▼-11% Security and defense policies 14,350 ▲+73% International relations and diplomacy 11,862 ▲+61% Trade policies and agreements 8,823 ▲+132% Government international agreements coordination 8,732 ▲+25% Government diplomacy and foreign affairs support 7,350 ▲+29% Most-covered companies · last 12 months
68 Gaming companies here were named in the news over this period.
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The words getting louder — and quieter Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
countries+128% tariff negotiations+189% stock performance+91% free trade deals+225% trade dispute mechanisms+256% bilateral trade+221% exchange rates+1069% forex liquidity+4194% multilateral diplomacy+82% gold spot price+2681%
free casino games-85% simulated gambling apps-85% social casino-87% sweepstakes casino-86% fun play casinos-85%
The pressures the press keeps returning to Three recurring angles in United Kingdom Gaming coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
618,617 articles touch this dimension · 17.4% critical tone
2021 2025
signals: territories, disputed islands, countries
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
48,680 articles touch this dimension · 36.6% critical tone
2021 2025
signals: club valuation, currency intervention policies, inflation reports fx
Growth ▲ rising
91,324 articles touch this dimension · 29.4% critical tone
2021 2025
signals: gdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, earnings report
Gaming jobs in the United Kingdom: who is hiring and what they ask for Shows 81 job postings from 12 employers over 12 months, listing top required skills such as C++, C#, Unity, and Maya.
81 postings · last 12 months
1,267 postings tracked overall
12 employers advertising
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For What Gaming employers in the United Kingdom put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
c++ 307 ▲ c# 116 → 3ds max 84 ▲ unity 74 ▼ maya 70 → python 65 ▲ photoshop 46 ▲ javascript 40 ▲ animation 39 ▲ zbrush 36 ▲ Most advertised titles
Senior Staff Data Scientist - Activision Blizzard Media 1 Summer Data Science Internships 2024 1 What Gaming research is working on Lists 7,757 academic papers on gaming, divided into identified problems, cautions, and opportunities, with opportunities dominating the count.
How this field talks about itself
Gaming papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Breakthrough 42.3% · 26.9% 1.6×
Promising 36.9% · 36.9% ≈ par
Descriptive 11.6% · 17.2% 0.7×
Problem-identifying 4.0% · 9.7% 0.4×
Comparative 3.9% · 3.9% ≈ par
Cautionary 1.2% · 4.5% 0.3×
Gaming literature runs 1.6× more “breakthrough” than science at large (42.3% vs 26.9% baseline).
How the work is done
Methods-led 80.5%
Empirical 13.0%
Reviews 4.0%
Position pieces 1.8%
Theoretical 0.6%
How the research reads
97% positive · 3% neutral · 0% negative , across 7,757 papers.
The institutions behind the field
Google 1k University of California, Berkeley 1k Max Planck Institute for Informatics 1k Cornell University 828 Princeton University 764 ETH Zurich 753 ranked by how often their work is cited
Researchers who shaped it
Pratul P. Srinivasan · Paul Debevec · Tomas Akenine‐Möller · Eric Haines · Naty Hoffman · Hans‐Peter Seidel · Angelo Pesce · Michaƚ Iwanicki
The most-cited breakthroughs
Rendering synthetic objects into real scenes · 969 cites IBRNet: Learning Multi-View Image-Based Rendering · 654 cites 4D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Scene Rendering · 447 cites Advances in Neural Rendering · 316 cites Deep appearance models for face rendering · 282 cites Common problems researchers identify 301 papers · 6 recurring themes
→ Problems · theme 01
Game Engine / Video Game Design
61 papers · 20.3% of this block
2022: 184 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 193 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 190 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 176 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 184 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 193 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 190 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 176 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -4% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Game engine · Video game design · Game design · Video game
“Performance Analysis and Optimization Techniques in Unity 3D”
Problems · theme 02
Game Engine / Human–Computer Interaction
60 papers · 19.9% of this block
2022: 1,269 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 1,428 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 1,490 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 663 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 1,269 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 1,428 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 1,490 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 663 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -48% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Game engine · Human–computer interaction · Video game development · Game programming
“A framework for game engine selection for gamification and serious games”
Problems · theme 03
Rendering / Computer Graphics
59 papers · 19.6% of this block
2022: 404 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 401 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 365 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 335 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 404 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 401 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 365 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 335 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -17% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Rendering · Computer graphics · Real-time rendering · Graphics
“A review of real-time rendering technology based on mobile internet platforms”
Problems · theme 04
Rendering / 3D Rendering
55 papers · 18.3% of this block
2022: 16 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 19 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 11 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 18 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 16 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 19 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 11 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 18 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +15% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Rendering · 3D rendering · Image-based modeling and rendering · Real-time rendering
“Real time ray tracing of point-based models”
Problems · theme 05
Real-Time Rendering / Rendering
49 papers · 16.3% of this block
Real-time rendering · Rendering · Tiled rendering · Computer graphics
“Real-time Realistic Rendering and Lighting of Forests”
Problems · theme 06
Rendering / Subdivision
17 papers · 5.6% of this block
Rendering · Subdivision · Subdivision surface · Color rendering index
“Implicit surface octrees for ray tracing point models”
Cautions 88 papers · 4 recurring themes
→ Cautions · theme 01
Rendering / Real-Time Rendering
45 papers · 51.1% of this block
Rendering · Real-time rendering · Computer graphics · Tiled rendering
“Multi-resolution depth-of-field rendering”
Cautions · theme 02
Game Engine / Human–Computer Interaction
19 papers · 21.6% of this block
2022: 1,345 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 1,505 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 1,569 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 756 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 1,345 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 1,505 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 1,569 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 756 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -44% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Game engine · Human–computer interaction · Game design · Video game development
“The Investigation on Using Unity3D Game Engine in Urban Design Study”
Cautions · theme 03
Virtual Reality / Rendering
16 papers · 18.2% of this block
2022: 1,610 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 1,794 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 2,170 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 2,032 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 1,610 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 1,794 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 2,170 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 2,032 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +26% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Virtual reality · Rendering · Perception · Virtual actor
“The Impact of Reflection Approximations on Visual Quality in Virtual Reality”
Cautions · theme 04
Ray Tracing / Computer Graphics
8 papers · 9.1% of this block
2022: 16 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 22 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 23 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 22 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 16 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 22 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 23 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 22 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +34% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Ray tracing · Computer graphics · DirectX · Rendering
“Combining Rasterization and Ray Tracing Techniques to Approximate Global Illumination in Real-Time”
Opportunities 5,636 papers · 7 recurring themes
→ Opportunities · theme 01
Rendering / Volume Rendering
1,680 papers · 29.8% of this block
2022: 24 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 29 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 24 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 29 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -11% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Rendering · Volume rendering · Computer graphics · Tiled rendering
“An Improved Method for Volume Rendering”
Opportunities · theme 02
Rendering / Real-Time Rendering
1,093 papers · 19.4% of this block
2022: 633 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 641 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 526 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 666 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 633 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 641 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 526 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 666 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +5% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Rendering · Real-time rendering · Computer graphics · Terrain
“Real-Time Painterly Rendering of Terrains”
Opportunities · theme 03
Game Engine / Video Game Development
983 papers · 17.4% of this block
2022: 193 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 200 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 203 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 198 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 193 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 200 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 203 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 198 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +2% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Game engine · Video game development · Game design · Game programming
“DESIGNING VIRTUAL WORKPLACE USING UNITY 3D GAME ENGINE”
Opportunities · theme 04
Global Illumination / Rendering
660 papers · 11.7% of this block
2022: 31 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 40 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 22 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 31 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 40 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 22 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -28% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Global illumination · Rendering · Radiance · Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
“Real-Time Rendering for Multi-Layered Translucent Materials such as Human Skin under Dynamic Environment Lighting”
Opportunities · theme 05
Rendering / Computer Graphics
522 papers · 9.3% of this block
2022: 8 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 9 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 7 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 6 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 8 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 9 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 7 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 6 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▼ -23% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Rendering · Computer graphics · Real-time rendering · Shader
“GPU-Based Volume Rendering Techniques”
Opportunities · theme 06
Virtual Reality / Human–Computer Interaction
464 papers · 8.2% of this block
2022: 1,904 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 2,101 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 2,372 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 2,060 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 1,904 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 2,101 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 2,372 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 2,060 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +8% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Virtual reality · Human–computer interaction · Game engine · Augmented reality
“Creating Interactive and Realistic Augmented Reality Experiences”
Opportunities · theme 07
Gaussian / Rendering
234 papers · 4.2% of this block
2022: 24 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 18 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 45 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2022: 24 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2023: 21 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2024: 18 of every 10,000 papers on this subject 2025: 45 of every 10,000 papers on this subject ▲ +93% share 2022→2025 share of research on this subject Gaussian · Rendering · Real-time rendering · Gaussian process
“4D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Dynamic Scene Rendering”
Which of these themes are growing fastest Tracks how the share of different research themes has changed worldwide from 2022 to 2025.
Problems
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
Rendering / 3D Rendering ▲+15%
Game Engine / Video Game Design ▼-4%
Rendering / Computer Graphics ▼-17%
Game Engine / Human–Computer Interaction ▼-48%
Cautions
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
Ray Tracing / Computer Graphics ▲+34%
Virtual Reality / Rendering ▲+26%
Game Engine / Human–Computer Interaction ▼-44%
Opportunities
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
Gaussian / Rendering ▲+93%
Virtual Reality / Human–Computer Interaction ▲+8%
Rendering / Real-Time Rendering ▲+5%
Game Engine / Video Game Development ▲+2%
Rendering / Volume Rendering ▼-11%
Rendering / Computer Graphics ▼-23%
Global Illumination / Rendering ▼-28%
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