Director of KPV LAB Edinburgh @KPV_LAB building info viz. apps. Software dev interested in computer graphics. Ex laser physicist.

Scotland
Joined February 2008
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Want to learn WebGPU? Check out WebGPUFundamentals webgpufundamentals.org #webgpu
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@alecmce's @EdinburghJS Introduction to WebGL presentation is now online: kpv-webgl-talk.onrender.com/ which is itself made in #webgl (Github repo link inside)
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We're proud to be sponsoring @EdinburghJS for the next 6 months. Last night our @alecmce gave a very nice intro to WebGL (the entire presentation itself a WebGL app - repo link to follow soon). Followed by @glennjones with a nice intro to various machine learning tools for JS
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Models in engineering & science have *way* more complexity in geometry/materials than what conventional solvers can handle. But imagine if simulation was like Monte Carlo rendering: just load up a complex model and hit "go"; don't worry about meshing, basis functions, etc. [1/n]
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"Conical Spirals" #creativeCoding #raymarching
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the Bézier video is now out!! 🎉 I've spent the last month working on this - I hope you'll like my audiovisual exploration of these math noodles! 💖 youtube.com/watch?v=aVwxzDHn…
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Some tests of the Fortress </> shader for #magicavoxel
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how do you calculate correct normals when doing vertex displacement shaders? here's a lil guide/example on the overly complicated but mathematically correct way of doing this~
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Our publisher is offering the “Data Visualization Handbook” by me and @jhilden for €30 incl. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING during the Helsinki Book Fair (22 to 25 Oct). shop.aalto.fi/p/971-data-vis…
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Island Not Found by Ben & @SN74HC00 js13kgames.com/entries/islan… Incredible Myst style! This short 13kb adventure game is so well done, it looks like it could weigh 1GB. Mastery of WebGL and procgen inside. I wish I knew how to make games like that. Could be #1 if you ask me. #js13k
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🎉 NEW PROJECT 🎉 Hyperbolic Floors maps hundreds of floors across the world to tessellations in Hyperbolic space. The result is a novel way to look at floor tilings and their infinite nature. Check it out here: philogb.github.io/page/hyper… Details here: medium.com/@philogb/hyperbol… – at Manhattan, NY
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1 more day to go!! Car reveal!!! Our Design Engineer, Ethan, has been working tirelessly to design our car and we couldn't be more happy with the results!! We hope you like it! #F1 #f1inschools #f1inschoolsuk #llgf1is #stem #roadtonationals
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This interactive article from @BCiechanowski explaining everything you need to know about light and shadow is a pure 💎 Being able to understand and design light/shadows is most probably one of the most important skills a young designer needs. ciechanow.ski/lights-and-sha… Save it!
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Been watching the Siberian heatwave for months and it's beyond terrifying - already suffering what was expected in 2100 in a worst case scenario Amazed UK media has taken this long to cover it, and their best quote just says it's "undoutedly alarming" theguardian.com/environment/…
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Made a simple tool to visualize L-Systems in the browser: anvaka.github.io/lsystem * See the `syntax help` for the list of all commands * System is stored in the URL: When you share a link - you share the system * `alt + drag` changes perspective, `QE` to rotate
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A special kind of nostalgia for those who were there.
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