INTRODUCTION TO SPHERICAL HARMONICS FOR GRAPHICS PROGRAMMERS

finally done.

gpfault.net/posts/sph.html

Behind the pretty frames of #PRAGMATA. Breaking down many tricks and hidden gems of the renderer behind CAPCOM's RE Engine.
i hope you enjoy & find this few months worth of freetime article useful...
mamoniem.com/behind-the-p...

Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics
ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

I think this is a great article that puts to words something I've been thinking for a while about LLMs/AI/etc; as tools they clearly can be useful and are here to stay, but the real concern should be the effect it's having on the talent pipeline. (1/5)

ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

Ex-Blizzard president says gamers need to 'man up' over AI usage in games after Crimson Desert devs issue apology "AI, in one form or another, will be in every single video game."

if giving up and letting AI corpo slop infest an entire creative medium is to "man up" then ig I'll continue to woman down

this is a choice, just don't use it, it's literally that easy

www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

Normal Mapping for a Triplanar Shader Triplanar mapping is a great solution for dealing with texturing on complex geometry that is difficult or impossible to use traditional UVs…

Implementing triplanar mapping, found this amazing article by @bgolus.bsky.social 💖
bgolus.medium.com/normal-mappi...

hope this helps @okremiok.bsky.social c:

Excited to share that GPU Zen 4: Advanced Rendering Techniques is officially out. This volume features work from some of the most visually impactful projects of recent years, including #AssassinsCreed , #DOOM , #StarwarsOutLaws and NVidia's Zorah. And a killer cover :)

Looking for a basic @vulkan.org #Vulkan descriptor heap example? I've got you covered: github.com/SaschaWillem...

Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game — Robin-Yann Storm, Product & UX Designer for Tools Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game

My 2025 talk 'Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game' is now also available in text format, for those who like to read instead of watch: rystorm.com/blog/gyms-zo...

And if you haven't seen it yet, there is an all new video too, with bonus material on the history of Zoos!

Looks like this simplifies descriptor sets a lot docs.vulkan.org/features/lat...

Time for more Menu Cube posting 😌

I'm making a game engine based on dynamic signed distance fields (SDFs) YouTube video by Mike Turitzin

The video:

youtu.be/il-TXbn5iMA

My "How to Vulkan in 2026" @vulkan.org #Vulkan guide is now publicly available at www.howtovulkan.com

I still consider it a preview, though I'm mostly happy with it and only plan on changing minor things and incorporating some feedback.

RenderDoc v1.42 is now available! It adds limited support for shader debugging on OpenGL. Note that likely a minority of shaders and not all drivers will be supported.

Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds

No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...

My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :)
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...

I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".

An illustration featuring a lonesome fox in a large forest in winter scenery.

Winter is near 🦊 #sciart

RGB rendering is founded on lies and perpetuated by misconceptions about the practicality of spectral rendering. My new blog post series describes a spectral GPU path tracer. Part 1 focuses on how to make it work with existing RGB assets.
momentsingraphics.de/SpectralRend...

I do not claim to know why we are on this planet, but I am very certain we are not born to start a mission where we optimize every single little thing in our lives.

I think it's just not good for the spirit.

Well said!!

Can't wait to see the amazing papers lined up for HPG25 💚

Menger Sponza zoom.
#MetalRT #rendering

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I've been bedridden for the last 6 months, unable to work as I try to get a surgeon and insurance lined up for my operation to let me work again.
If you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. Time isn't on my side here, and waiting is very expensive.

ko-fi.com/fooneturing

The way you draw light is frankly breathtaking...

Oblivion - The Shivering Isles (2006/2007)

Remember us folks who birthed circle MUD and then smaug, IRC, gzip, and so on?
We are still here.
These big companies want you to think they are tech, and have been so since the start.
Nope, just some piece of shit CEOs who will disappear into the wind as their board deems fit.
It is the people, us.

Hi #PortfolioDay , pixelated ruins here

screenshot from sims 4. in front of an orange wall, we can see a long mirror with wooden frame. in the mirror a women is reflected and she looks toward the camera.

A look behind the scenes of the mirrors in Sims 4, how efficient they cull objects and that they reflect invisible walls: simonschreibt.de/gat/sims-4-m...

#gamedev #techart #sims4

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A fast-shutter, close-up photo of a wave. Sea foam and spray.

‘Puissance’, 2017. I love the patterns within waves.