“The Craziest Mapping Breakthrough Since Google Maps”
As usual my buddy Bilawal provides a detailed yet accessible overview of new 3D developments, including glTF adding support for Gaussian splatting:
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Tracing rays with jank
Pew! Pew! jank is getting faster and faster. Check out the new ray tracing optimization adventure!
[2606.02292] Neural Acquisition & Representation of Subsurface Scattering
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2606.02292: Neural Acquisition & Representation of Subsurface Scattering
This Indie Game Has Accurate Eyeglasses Distortion
The entire screen should also be blurred.
These ingenious optical illusions are hiding in some of our favourite games
Indie devs reveal the graphics tricks that make game design easier and more efficient.
[2605.31283] Topologically Consistent Multi-view 3D Head Reconstruction via Coarse-Guided Layered Surface Sampling
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.31283: Topologically Consistent Multi-view 3D Head Reconstruction via Coarse-Guided Layered Surface Sampling
Plotting Bézier curves directly and with De Casteljau's algorithm
Last major Update: 21.10.2013 Github repo that contains the presented code in this post. Introduction In this article I will present you a very simple and in no...
Why does ASTC use ISE when almost nothing else does?
The ASTC texture compression format has its "integer sequence encoding" to send small integers with a uniform probability distribution within their range. When ...
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The latest happenings in renderling-land Fri 29 May, 2026🔗 First wgsl-rs milestone complete🔗 The first milestone for wgsl-rs is done! It was actually d...
Higher Frame Rate Vs Resolution: How To Find The Perfect Balance For Video Games
Opting for better performance versus better graphics depends on the games you want to play, but it also depends on your graphics card's features.