Patrick Härtl
GPU Software Engineer at UX3D
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Härtl is a GPU software engineer based in Munich with six years of experience specializing in graphics and games engineering. He holds both a BSc and an MSc in Computer Science (Games Engineering) from TUM and currently develops GPU-focused solutions at UX3D. Patrick contributes to open-source graphics tools—most notably enhancing KhronosGroup’s glTF Sample Viewer with compressed texture support (BasisU, KTX), material fixes, and decoding refactors—demonstrating a practical blend of front-end WebGL work and low-level texture handling. He excels at bridging academic graphics knowledge with production-ready implementations and has a clear knack for improving asset pipelines and renderer interoperability.
6 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science: Games Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science: Games Engineering at Technical University of Munich
German, English
Github Skills (6)
webgl10
compression10
javascript10
texture10
gltf10
compress10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Viewer
Nov 2020 - Sep 2022
Physically-Based Rendering in glTF 2.0 using WebGL
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 17 reviews, 165 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Patrick contributed to the development of the glTF sample viewer, primarily focusing on improving texture and material handling. They implemented support for BasisU and KTX texture formats, enhancing the viewer's ability to display compressed textures. The user also fixed issues related to material properties such as clearcoat and added functionality to load textures via URI. Additionally, the user refactored draco and ktx decoding within the project.
webglwebgl2playcanvascolladaphysically-based-rendering
KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Viewer-Release
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:30 commits, 17 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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