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Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by motbus3 »

ykl wrote: post #12

I had the incredible good fortune to cross paths with iq at Pixar; I was an intern while he was developing the Wondermoss procedural vegetation system for Brave. A bunch of us interns were already fans of his work from the demoscene world and upon learning this, he was kind enough to put together a special lecture for the interns on procedural graphics and the work he was doing for Wondermoss. That was one of the bes…

the only mistake iq has ever done in his whole life was to read youtube comments in his amazing videos.

Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by CamperBob2 »

motbus3 wrote: post #21
ykl wrote: post #12

I had the incredible good fortune to cross paths with iq at Pixar; I was an intern while he was developing the Wondermoss procedural vegetation system for Brave. A bunch of us interns were already fans of his work from the demoscene world and upon learning this, he was kind enough to put together a special lecture for the interns on procedural graphics and the work he was doing for Wondermoss. That was one of the bes…

the only mistake iq has ever done in his whole life was to read youtube comments in his amazing videos.

What happened when he did that?

Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by uwagar »

motbus3 wrote: post #21
ykl wrote: post #12

I had the incredible good fortune to cross paths with iq at Pixar; I was an intern while he was developing the Wondermoss procedural vegetation system for Brave. A bunch of us interns were already fans of his work from the demoscene world and upon learning this, he was kind enough to put together a special lecture for the interns on procedural graphics and the work he was doing for Wondermoss. That was one of the bes…

the only mistake iq has ever done in his whole life was to read youtube comments in his amazing videos.

what effect did that have?

Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by JBits »

ykl wrote: post #12

I had the incredible good fortune to cross paths with iq at Pixar; I was an intern while he was developing the Wondermoss procedural vegetation system for Brave. A bunch of us interns were already fans of his work from the demoscene world and upon learning this, he was kind enough to put together a special lecture for the interns on procedural graphics and the work he was doing for Wondermoss. That was one of the bes…

What sort of tech/techniques did wondermoss use? Was it generating polygons?

Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by frakt0x90 »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #23
motbus3 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the only mistake iq has ever done in his whole life was to read youtube comments in his amazing videos.

What happened when he did that?

He hasn't made one in 3 years, so probably that: https://www.youtube.com/@InigoQuilez/videos

Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by ingenieros »

JBits wrote: post #25
ykl wrote: post #12

I had the incredible good fortune to cross paths with iq at Pixar; I was an intern while he was developing the Wondermoss procedural vegetation system for Brave. A bunch of us interns were already fans of his work from the demoscene world and upon learning this, he was kind enough to put together a special lecture for the interns on procedural graphics and the work he was doing for Wondermoss. That was one of the bes…

What sort of tech/techniques did wondermoss use? Was it generating polygons?

It's all shaders! That's why they take up so little memory space. Here's a video where IQ explains how to "model" a greek temple using this technique: https://youtu.be/-pdSjBPH3zM?t=303

Re: Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

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Post by TonyTrapp »

ingenieros wrote: post #27
JBits wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What sort of tech/techniques did wondermoss use? Was it generating polygons?

It's all shaders! That's why they take up so little memory space. Here's a video where IQ explains how to "model" a greek temple using this technique: https://youtu.be/-pdSjBPH3zM?t=303

And here's a very high-level video about wondermoss in particular (archive.org link since the original appears to have been removed): https://web.archive.org/web/20140718035429/https://www.youtu...
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