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I like shaders as much as the next guy, but this page is almost content-free. If you're looking to learn more about shaders and like interactive demos, I'd reco

I like shaders as much as the next guy, but this page is almost content-free. If you're looking to learn more about shaders and like interactive demos, I'd recommend: https://thebookofshaders.com/ https://thebookofshaders.com/

krick 3y ago
I see very intriguing list of contents, but the links lead only up to "Fractional brownian motion". So, basically, 3 incomplete chapters out of 6. And there's a "Subscribe for the news letter" button. The website is dated 2015. So, what's up with the project? Is it essentially abandoned or what? There appear to be 2 month old commits in the repository though. Or is it just being written at an extremely slow rate? I don't get it. Edit: yeah, it appears to be abandoned. https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders/issues/221#issuecomment-668754080 https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders/iss...
- Uehreka 3y ago
  It will likely never be finished, but the stuff that is there is solid gold, and is how I first learned shaders years ago.
  - raincole 3y ago
    I'm seriously thinking of writing a shader book myself. I'd like to write it in WGSL tho... and I'm not sure if it deters potential readers simply because it's not HLSL.
dang 3y ago
Some discussions: The Book of Shaders (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32117536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32117536 - July 2022 (22 comments) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497924 - June 2020 (26 comments) The Book of Shaders: Noise (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18868811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18868811 - Jan 2019 (1 comment) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15599935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15599935 - Nov 2017 (37 comments) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11457322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11457322 - April 2016 (15 comments) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9215582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9215582 - March 2015 (40 comments)
BenoitP 3y ago
Also, for learning by example this website is gold: https://www.shadertoy.com/ https://www.shadertoy.com/

krick 3y ago

I see very intriguing list of contents, but the links lead only up to "Fractional brownian motion". So, basically, 3 incomplete chapters out of 6. And there's a "Subscribe for the news letter" button. The website is dated 2015. So, what's up with the project? Is it essentially abandoned or what? There appear to be 2 month old commits in the repository though. Or is it just being written at an extremely slow rate? I don't get it. Edit: yeah, it appears to be abandoned. https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders/issues/221#issuecomment-668754080 https://github.com/patriciogonzalezvivo/thebookofshaders/iss...

Uehreka 3y ago
It will likely never be finished, but the stuff that is there is solid gold, and is how I first learned shaders years ago.
- raincole 3y ago
  I'm seriously thinking of writing a shader book myself. I'd like to write it in WGSL tho... and I'm not sure if it deters potential readers simply because it's not HLSL.

dang 3y ago

Some discussions: The Book of Shaders (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32117536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32117536 - July 2022 (22 comments) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497924 - June 2020 (26 comments) The Book of Shaders: Noise (2015) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18868811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18868811 - Jan 2019 (1 comment) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15599935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15599935 - Nov 2017 (37 comments) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11457322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11457322 - April 2016 (15 comments) The Book of Shaders - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9215582 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9215582 - March 2015 (40 comments)

BenoitP 3y ago

Also, for learning by example this website is gold: https://www.shadertoy.com/ https://www.shadertoy.com/