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It took me several rereads to understand that what the author was referring to in the first few lines is a demo[1] say the 4K intro, where a few bytes in assemb
by arocks 14y ago
It took me several rereads to understand that what the author was referring to in the first few lines is a demo[1] say the 4K intro, where a few bytes in assembly language can create some interesting graphics often accompanied by music; often conveying a concept.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
- Jare 14y agoFor reference, this is one of Iñigo's finest creations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB0vBmiTr6o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB0vBmiTr6o
- afterwise 14y agoAlso: http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2012/Volume-35-Issue-4-June-July-2012/The-Royal-Treatment.aspx#.UTXPJOtC9hs http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2012/Volume-35-Issue-4-J...
- metastew 14y agoThat was an excellent read!
- scoot 14y agoIn 4K? That's obscene! There's link in the video notes to a description of how it was created which makes for an interesting read: http://www.iquilezles.org/www/material/function2009/function2009.pdf http://www.iquilezles.org/www/material/function2009/function...
- CountHackulus 14y agoiq is very well known in the demoscene. He's one of the greatest and most creative coders that there's ever been.
- smrtinsert 14y agowow what an awesome read. the shadow idea is brilliant, so simple and so effective.
- Impossible 14y agoA similar demo written by iq https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdX3Rr https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdX3Rr running in the browser (WebGL). ShaderToy.com is an awesome site. It was posted to HN a week ago and got very few up votes(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5280380 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5280380)