Computer graphics

​Vulkan and Metal seem great.
Notes
​To get started in 3d graphics all you really need to understand is how to multiply a bunch of 4x4 matrices together. From there it is a matter of learning how to put that to good effect.​
Links
​Physically Based Rendering Book (Web) (V3) (V4)
​NVIDIA GeForce RTX - Official Launch Event (2018)​
​Writing to framebuffer​
​GUI Development is broken (2018)​
​Writing to the framebuffer (2018)​
​Spectrum - Client-side image transcoding library.
​Computer Graphics Topics​
​Tiny Renderer or how OpenGL works: software rendering in 500 lines of code - Brief computer graphics / rendering course. (In Rust)
​Looperepool - Tool to create looperinos.
​KABOOM! in 180 lines of bare C++ - Brief computer graphics / rendering course.
​imutils - Series of convenience functions to make basic image processing operations such as translation, rotation, resizing, skeletonization, and displaying Matplotlib images easier with OpenCV and Python.
​Cross-platform GPU fluid simulation​
​Interactive Cube​
​Skia - Open source 2D graphics library which provides common APIs that work across a variety of hardware and software platforms. (Code)
​Introduction to Raymarching​
​2D Graphics on Modern GPU (2019)​
​Resources for Learning Graphics Programming​
​Cellular Forms - Implementation of Andy Lomas' Cellular Forms.
​Physically Based Rendering - Implementation of physically based shading model & image based lighting in various graphics APIs. (Web)
​graphics-resources - Few of my bookmarks related to game development and realtime graphics programming.
​Magnum - Lightweight and modular C++11/C++14 graphics middleware for games and data visualization.
​Pathfinder - Fast, practical, GPU-based rasterizer for fonts and vector graphics using OpenGL 3.0+, OpenGL ES 3.0+, or Metal.
​Braid - Experimental heterogeneous programming language with an application to real-time graphics. (Code)
​SwiftShader - High-performance CPU-based implementation of the Vulkan, OpenGL ES, and Direct3D 9 graphics APIs.
​Thoughts on software rendering (2020)​
​Notes on linear transformations (2020)​
​Collision detection: article series (2018) (HN)
​Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming (Code)
​light2d - Light rendering in 2D.
​Seamless, static, 3D mesh multi-texturer​
​Aliasing in computer graphics (2020)​
​3D Reaction-Diffusion​
​NeRF: Neural Radiance Fields - Tensorflow implementation of optimizing a neural representation for a single scene and rendering new views. (Web)
​A thoroughly modern particle system (2009) (HN)
​Stanford Interactive Computer Graphics (2020) (Code)
​Klein - Specialized SIMD Geometric Algebra Library.
​Basic Skeletal Animation with Geometric Algebra (HN)
​MIT Computer Graphics course (2012)​
​Neural Point-Based Graphics​
​V-HACD - Decomposes a 3D surface into a set of "near" convex parts.
​Geometric Algebra for Computer Graphics (2019) (HN)
​Graphics Gems books (Code)
​Real-Time Rendering Resources​
​Eric Haines courses/research​
​Accurate geometric camera calibration​
​rs_pbrt - Rust crate to implement at least parts of the PBRT book's C++ code.
​Stippling and Blue Noise (2011)​
​MeshLab - Open source, portable, and extensible system for the processing and editing of unstructured large 3D triangular meshes.
​Visual Computing Lab​
​Silhouette Maps for Improved Texture Magnification (2004) (Tweet)
​gltf-viewer - Rust glTF 2.0 viewer, written using the gltf crate and plain OpenGL.
​gltf-loader-ts - Engine-agnostic glTF 2.0 loader in TypeScript.
​Principles of Lighting and Rendering with John Carmack (2013)​
​Wave Simulator - Graphical 3D simulation of the wave and heat equations. (Code)
​Probulator - Experimentation framework for probe-based lighting.
​librush - Graphics prototyping framework. (Examples)
​High-Performance MLS-MPM Solver with Cutting and Coupling​
​Computer Graphics course by Keenan Crane (2020)​
​How 3D video games do graphics (2020) (Reddit)
​The Physics of Light and Rendering - John Carmack (2013)​
​Computer Graphics from Scratch (Web) (HN) (HN 2)
​Online path sampling control with progressive spatio-temporal filtering (2020) (Twitter)
​A sort-middle architecture for 2D graphics (2020)​
​Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques​
​A Massive Fractal in Days, Not Years (2020)​
​Massively Parallel Rendering of Complex Closed-Form Implicit Surfaces (2020)​
​Graphics Study: Red Dead Redemption 2 (2020)​
​Re-stacking the GUI stack (2020) (Lobsters)
​Alpha Waves was the first 3D platform game (2020) (HN)
​Lights and Shadows (2020) (HN)
​Can’t Invert the CDF? The Triangle-Cut Parameterization of the Region under the Curve (2020) (Talk)
​Coding Adventure: Portals (2020)​
​Computation graphs and graph computation (2020) (Lobsters) (HN)
​Graphics Programming Projects​
​Motion Capture from Internet Videos (2020)​
​SPIR-V - Binary intermediate language for representing graphical-shader stages and compute kernels for multiple Khronos APIs, including OpenCL, OpenGL, and Vulkan.
​SPIRV-Cross - Tool designed for parsing and converting SPIR-V to other shader languages.
​Low Level Graphics Library (LLGL) - Abstraction layer for the modern graphics APIs OpenGL, Direct3D, Vulkan, and Metal.
​Band-Limiting Procedural Textures (2020)​
​The compositor causes problems and leads to complexity (2020) (HN)
​Rendering the Hellscape of Doom Eternal (2020)​
​Introduction to Computer Graphics (2018) (HN)
​Ray Marching Soft Shadows in 2D (2020) (HN)
​The polygons of DOOM: PSX (2020)​
​A trip through the Graphics Pipeline 2011​
​Fooling Around with Foveated Rendering (2020) (HN)
​"Panini projection", probably used by the Baroque painters, allows us to render images with wide field-of-vision (here 170°) more nicely than the usual perspective​
​HDRI Haven - 100% Free High Quality HDRIs for Everyone.
​TwinklebearDev SDL 2.0 Tutorial (Code)
​Will Usher's research​
​Graphics Samples of Jiayin Cao​
​Jiayin Cao Graphics Notes Blog​
​Text layout is a loose hierarchy of segmentation (2020) (HN)
​Bundler - Bundler Structure from Motion Toolkit.
​CMU Computer Graphics course (2020) (Exams) (Tweet)
​Nvdiffrast - Modular Primitives for High-Performance Differentiable Rendering.
​Mesa - 3D Graphics Library. (Web)
​A Comparison of Modern Graphics APIs (2020)​
​Fluid Engine Dev - Jet - Fluid simulation engine SDK for computer graphics applications. (Web)
​meshoptimizer - Mesh optimization library that makes meshes smaller and faster to render.
​Mitsuba 2: Retargetable Forward and Inverse Renderer (Differentiable Renderer) (HN)
​RGL: Realistic Graphics Lab​
​Eight Years at Roblox (2020) (HN)
​Mitsuba Renderer 2 - Research-oriented rendering system written in portable C++17.
​Painting a Selfie Girl, with Maths (2020)​
​Building an artificial sun that looks unbelievably realistic (2020)​
​Computer Graphics at Stanford University​
​Wojciech Jarosz Bibliography - Publications mostly in computer graphics, rendering, transport theory, and statistics.
​OpenImageIO - Reading, writing, and processing images in a wide variety of file formats, using a format-agnostic API, aimed at VFX applications.
​Deep Learning Medical Decathlon Demos for Python​
​Computer Animation and Simulation (2020)​
​Blend2D - 2D Vector Graphics Powered by a JIT Compiler. (Web)
​GLFW - Multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input. (Code)
​Hallucinations re: the rendering of Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) (HN)
​Why are video games graphics challenging? Productionizing rendering algorithms (2020) (HN)
​Universal Scene Description (USD) - Efficient, scalable system for authoring, reading, and streaming time-sampled scene description for interchange between graphics applications. (Code)
​Pixar Graphics Technologies (GitHub)
​Introduction to Computer Graphics (2020) (Assignments) (Tweet)
​Pixar's Render Farm (2021) (HN)
​Graphics Studies Compilation (2020)​
​Smooth Voxel Terrain (2012) (HN)
​Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book​
​Instant Meshes - Interactive field-aligned mesh generator.
​Graphics in Overlapping Bitmap Layers (1983)​
​Graphics Programming Weekly (HN)
​Ask HN: How to self-learn graphics programming? (2021)​
​A Guide to the Graphics of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis​
​Computing gradients on grids of pixels and voxels – forward, central, and… diagonal differences (2021)​
​It's raymarching march (2021)​
​Fitting cubic Bézier curves (2021)​
​PlenOctrees for Real-time Rendering of Neural Radiance Fields (Code) (HN) (Talk)
​Understanding and Extending Neural Radiance Fields (Jonathan T. Barron) (2020)​
​Rendering large 3D tilemaps with a single draw call at 3000 FPS (2021)​
​Example-based texture synthesis written in Rust​
​A Pixel Is Not a Little Square (1995) (HN)
​Film simulations from scratch using Python (2021)​
​Computer Graphics Papers Parody​
​Sharper Mipmapping using Shader Based Supersampling (2019)​
​Graphics Pipelines for Young Bloods (2021) (HN)
​125 Artists Create Unique Renders From a Simple Prompt (2020)​
​A Macro View of Nanite (2021) (HN)
​Rotations with quaternions (2021)​
​Implementing strict three-point perspective (HN)
​IconVG - Compact, binary format for simple vector graphics. (HN)
​Asymptote - 2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language. (Web)
​three-d - Renderer written in Rust which compiles to both desktop (OpenGL) and web (WebAssembly + WebGL)..
​Top 100 3D Renders from the Internet's Largest CG Challenge | Alternate Realities (2021)​
​ThorVG - Platform-independent portable library for drawing vector-based scenes and animations. (Web)
​NVIDIA Canvas - Turn Simple Brushstrokes into Realistic Images. (HN) (Article)
​How do games render their scenes? (2021)​
​Visibility Buffer Rendering with Material Graphs (2021)​
​Smoothstep Integral (HN)
​Rendering 1M+ Particles (2021) - Using Points and Shaders.
​Incoherent-Light-Simulation - Research simulation of the propagation of incoherent light, aiming to illustrate the concept of spatial coherence.
​RGBFAQ - Documentary about synthetic data, simulations and computer graphics.
​Global Illumination - What It Is, How Does It Work And Why Do We Need It? (2021) (Tweet)
​Real-Time Shading with Polyhedral Lights using Silhouette Detection​
​Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith on ‘A Biography of the Pixel’ (2021)​
​Surface Multigrid via Intrinsic Prolongation (Code)
​Neural Subdivision - Novel framework for data-driven coarse-to-fine geometry modeling. (Code)
​An Introduction to Deep Learning on Meshes (Tutorials)
​NPMs: Neural Parametric Models for 3D Deformable Shapes (Code)
​Chaikin’s Algorithm: Drawing Curves (2021) (HN)
​A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport​
​Scratchapixel - Learn Computer Graphics From Scratch.
​Graphics Workshop - Learn computer graphics by writing GPU shaders.
​MaterialX - Open standard for transfer of rich material and look-development content between applications and renderers. (Web)
​Appearance-Driven Automatic 3D Model Simplification (2021) (Code)
​How to make simple water graphics​
​Awesome Fluid Dynamics​
​ReactCasting - Raycasting algorithm that renders pseudo 3D scene in HTML using React (no canvas) and renders as text in textarea or console.
​Exponential Map, Angle Axis, and Angular Velocity (2021)​
​Visualizing Rotation Spaces (2021)​
​Learned Motion Matching (2020)​
​Swapchains and Frame Pacing (2021) (HN)
​Graphics Programming Resources List​
​Graphics Programming Virtual Meetup Meeting Notes​
​Graphics Programming Virtual Meetup (Discord) (Twitter)
​Unbiased Emission and Scattering Importance Sampling For Heterogeneous Volumes (2021) (Article)
​Takua Renderer - Physically-based photorealistic global illumination renderer. (Porting Takua Renderer to 64-bit ARM) (Shadow Terminator in Takua)
​Magic Shop RenderMan Art Challenge (2021)​
​Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)​
​Shipshape RenderMan Art Challenge (2020)​
​Can Data Die? Tracking the Lenna Image (2021)​
​Curves and Surfaces (2021) (HN) (Tweet)
​OctaneRender - Fastest unbiased, spectrally correct GPU render engine, delivering quality and speed.
​OTOY - Future of holographic rendering is in the cloud. (Twitter)
​NAP Framework - Open source, low overhead, real-time control & visualization platform. (Code)
​Awesome Point Cloud Analysis​
​Adventures in Hybrid Rendering​
​Retro Synthwave - Giving a 2D grid a 3D look. (HN)
Transfer learning
Image processing
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