Hello, I'm a recent grad from Trinity College Dublin specialising in Computer Graphics!

Liam Byrne

B.Sc. Computer Science & Business @ TCD

M.Sc. Computer Science (Augmented and Virtual Reality) @ TCD

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About

Hello! 👋 I'm a tech enthusiast with a special focus on Computer Graphics and Extended Reality. I graduated with a Master's degree in Computer Science, specializing in Augmented and Virtual Reality, from Trinity College Dublin. My dissertation focused on "Redesigning the 2D Paradigm of Computer Work for Head Mounted Displays." When I'm not coding, you'll find me watching movies, hanging out with friends or in the gym 🏋️.

Technologies

LinuxHTMLNodeJSPythonC++C++C++TypeScript
TypeScriptAngularGitPure RefSubstance DesignerPhotoshopBabylonZbrush

Experience

🛒 Three years part-time retail work as a General Assistant in Rushe’s SuperValu, Dalkey.
🎁 Four months coordinating event and conference packs for Stride.
🤖 Four months working in collaboration with Microsoft as part of a group project on Machine Learning Techniques for Time Series Forecasting.
👨‍🏫 Two months teaching students in Francis Street CBS, Dublin 8 and CBC Monkstown Park Junior School.

Education

Volunteer Work

  • 🏥 Fundraising for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
  • 🧩 Fundraising for Down Syndrome Ireland.
  • ⚽️ Fundraising for Cabinteely Football Club.
  • 🏃‍♂️ Participated in “Run in the Dark”.
  • 🚣‍♂️ Coaching Junior Cycle Students in Rowing.

Interests

  • 💻 Programming.
  • 🏋️‍♂️ Gym.
  • ⚽️ Soccer.
  • 🤝 Charity Work.
  • 🏄‍♂️ Surfing.
  • 📷 Analog Photography.

Recent Projects

Procedural Bridge

Procedural Bridge

A procedural bridge that I made in Houdini following a tutorial by Simon Houdini. I then converted it into a HDA and exposed important parameters.

Unreal Engine Houdini
Liams Animated Metahuman

Liam's Animated Metahuman

A metahuman that I made to look as similar to me as possible. I then rendered this cinematic sequence of him talking in Unreal Engine 5.2.

Unreal Engine Avatar
Dynamic Z-Up Rock Material

Dynamic Z-Up Rock Material

An advanced material that utilises Z-Up projection to apply moss to the top of the mesh, regardless of rotation and has multiple levels of normal detail.

Unreal Engine Material
Water

Dynamic Water Material

Featuring dynamic controls for appearance, including surface ripples, wave speed/direction, specular settings, scattering, absorption, and dynamic effects like displacement and foam generation.

Unreal Engine Material
Rural Path

Procedural Rural Path Tool for UE5

A procedural content generation graph that spawns a rocky path following a spline through a volume of mossy terrain.

Unreal Engine Quixel BP
Procedural Tree Cluster

Procedural Tree Cluster

A PCG Graph that spawns a cluster of trees with randomised direction and scale within a closed spline loop.

Unreal Engine PCG

  • 📧Email: ByrneL45@tcd.ie
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