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Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Re: Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Post by delta_p_delta_x »

This is a great resource. Some others along the same lines:

TinyRenderer: https://haqr.eu/tinyrenderer/

ScratchAPixel: https://www.scratchapixel.com/index.html

3D Computer Graphics Programming by Pikuma (paid): https://pikuma.com/courses/learn-3d-computer-graphics-progra...

Ray-tracing:

Ray Tracing in One Weekend: https://raytracing.github.io/

Ray Tracing Gems: https://www.realtimerendering.com/raytracinggems/

Physically Based Rendering, 4th Edition: https://pbr-book.org/

Both:

Computer Graphics from Scratch: https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/

I'll also link a comment[1] I made a while back about learning 3D graphics. There's no better teacher than manually implementing the rasterisation and ray-tracing pipelines.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46410210#46416135

Re: Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Post by ggambetta »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #2

This is a great resource. Some others along the same lines: TinyRenderer: https://haqr.eu/tinyrenderer/ ScratchAPixel: https://www.scratchapixel.com/index.html 3D Computer Graphics Programming by Pikuma (paid): https://pikuma.com/courses/learn-3d-computer-graphics-progra... Ray-tracing: Ray Tracing in One Weekend: https://raytracing.github.io/ Ray Tracing Gems: https://www.realtimerendering.com/raytracinggems/ Physic…

May I add Computer Graphics From Scratch, which covers both rasterization and raytracing? https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/i...

I have to admit I'm quite surprised by how eerily similar this website feels to my book. The chapter structure, the sequencing of the concepts, the examples and diagrams, even the "why" section (mine https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/0... - theirs https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/implementing-a-tiny-cp...)

I don't know what to make of this. Maybe there's nothing to it. But I feel uneasy :(

Re: Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Post by delta_p_delta_x »

ggambetta wrote: post #3
delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #2

This is a great resource. Some others along the same lines: TinyRenderer: https://haqr.eu/tinyrenderer/ ScratchAPixel: https://www.scratchapixel.com/index.html 3D Computer Graphics Programming by Pikuma (paid): https://pikuma.com/courses/learn-3d-computer-graphics-progra... Ray-tracing: Ray Tracing in One Weekend: https://raytracing.github.io/ Ray Tracing Gems: https://www.realtimerendering.com/raytracinggems/ Physic…

May I add Computer Graphics From Scratch, which covers both rasterization and raytracing? https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/i... I have to admit I'm quite surprised by how eerily similar this website feels to my book. The chapter structure, the sequencing of the concepts, the examples and diagrams, even the "why" section (mine https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/0... -…

Ah yes, great book; thanks for pointing it out. Added to the list.

As for similarity, I think the sections you've highlighted are broadly similar, but I can't detect any phrase-for-phrase copy-pasting that is typical of LLM or thesaurus find-replace. I feel that the topic layout and the motivations for any tutorial or course covering the same subject matter will eventually converge to the same broad ideas.

The website's sequence of steps is also a bit different compared to your book's. And most telling, the code, diagrams, and maths in the website are all different (such assets are usually an instant giveaway of plagiarism). You've got pseudocode; the website uses the C++ standard library to a great extent.

If it were me, I might rest a little easier :)

Re: Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Post by gopla »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #2

This is a great resource. Some others along the same lines: TinyRenderer: https://haqr.eu/tinyrenderer/ ScratchAPixel: https://www.scratchapixel.com/index.html 3D Computer Graphics Programming by Pikuma (paid): https://pikuma.com/courses/learn-3d-computer-graphics-progra... Ray-tracing: Ray Tracing in One Weekend: https://raytracing.github.io/ Ray Tracing Gems: https://www.realtimerendering.com/raytracinggems/ Physic…

An additional resource on rasterisation, using the scan conversion technique:

https://kristoffer-dyrkorn.github.io/scanline-rasterizer/

Re: Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Post by qingcharles »

feelamee wrote: post #6

> Triangles are easy to rasterize sure, rasterizing triangle is not so hard, but.. you know, rasterizing rectangle is far far easier

Rasterizing triangles is a nightmare, especially if performance is a goal. One of the biggest issues is getting abutting triangles to render so you don't have overlapping pixels or gaps.

I did this stuff for a living 30 years ago. Just this week I had Deep Think create a 3D engine with triangle rasterizer in 16-bit x86 for the original IBM XT.

Re: Implementing a tiny CPU rasterizer (2024)

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Post by lisyarus »

delta_p_delta_x wrote: post #4
ggambetta wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May I add Computer Graphics From Scratch, which covers both rasterization and raytracing? https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/i... I have to admit I'm quite surprised by how eerily similar this website feels to my book. The chapter structure, the sequencing of the concepts, the examples and diagrams, even the "why" section (mine https://gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/0... -…

Ah yes, great book; thanks for pointing it out. Added to the list. As for similarity, I think the sections you've highlighted are broadly similar, but I can't detect any phrase-for-phrase copy-pasting that is typical of LLM or thesaurus find-replace. I feel that the topic layout and the motivations for any tutorial or course covering the same subject matter will eventually converge to the same broad ideas. The websit…

Hi! Blog post author here. I have heard the "Computer Graphics from Scratch" book before, but I haven't read it myself, so it would be quite hard for me to plagiarize it. I guess some similarities are expected when talking about a well-established topic.
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