Nicholas Vining is a Sr. Research Scientist at NVIDIA, where he focuses on connections between rendering, geometry, and cloud systems. He is concurrently a Ph.D student at the University of British Columbia. Prior to working for NVIDIA, he worked for Google on Stadia and was the Technical Director of Gaslamp Games, makers of the award-winning indie smash hit "Dungeons of Dredmor." He is very tired.