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Nice to see a nod to Iniqo Quilez and the crazy SDF world. I still get a thrill from the fact you can specify an infinite grid of spheres with a single line of
by andybak 8y ago
Nice to see a nod to Iniqo Quilez and the crazy SDF world. I still get a thrill from the fact you can specify an infinite grid of spheres with a single line of SDF code. Seems magical - as does the "almost free" CSG, morphing and chamfering you get from SDF rendering.
- pcstl 8y agoiq was single-handedly responsible for most of my early interest in computing.
- djmips 8y agoBut why ' of incredible infamy ' - did he do something illegal, bad or contemptible?
- Jasper_ 8y agoIt's a bit tongue in cheek and perhaps I should edit it out before someone misinterprets it. To a lot of people, iq is a mad scientist, in the best way. The rediscovery of SDF and invention of raymarching almost immediately gave every single graphics developer pause. It's such a different way to think about graphics and modelling and art and helped open people's eyes to alternate approaches and representations.
- slazaro 8y agoIMO, yes, it shouldn't be there. I've been following the guy for some years and was really surprised to see him called "infamous", so I went and googled for a while to see if he ever did anything "wrong".
- Jasper_ 8y agoI adjusted the wording. Incredibly sorry about that, I definitely don't want to hurt the man's reputation.