Graphics Programming Weekly - Database

• database with articles that were previously covered in Graphics Programming Weekly
• central location that aims to make it easier to discover/rediscover graphics programming information

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3D Game Shaders For Beginners

• shader tutorial aimed at beginners that teaches shader fundamentals using Panda3D and GLSL
• starting with the basics of coordinate spaces, and GLSL shaders
• shows how to implementing texturing, lighting, normal mapping
• additionally outlining…

Axis-Aligned Bounding Octahedra and The 7-Sided AABB

• describes an alternative bounding structure that is based around axis aligned triangles
• starts with 2D example and extends the concepts to 3D
• comparison against other bound object representations

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A tour of Granite’s Vulkan backend – Part 6

• presents how Granite deals with vkPipeline management
• API designed for user convenience
• hashmaps used for control of the different state combinations
• pre-warmed with information from previous runs using Fossilize
  

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A tour of Granite’s Vulkan backend – Part 4

• shows the window system abstraction
• can be used to render to a window or into an offscreen render target
• how to allocate temporary data that is only required for the duration of the frame

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Write-up: Magical Marbles

• explains how to create a layering parallax effect to simulate the inside of a marble using ray marching

wayback-archive A tour of Granit…

Debugging VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST with Nvidia Device Diagnostics

• vulkan extension that allows progress markers to be inserted into the Vulkan command stream
• these can be used to detect the range of draw commands that have caused a GPU device error
• a short overview of how …

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THE STORY OF THE 3DFX VOODOO1

• provides a look at the 3DFX VOODOO1 GPU from the mid-90s
• shows how the hardware and rendering pipeline was d…

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GPU Path Tracing in Unity – Part 3

• part 3 of tutorial series in building a path tracer in Unity
• shows how to trace a ray against a triangle a…

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World of Warcraft uses DirectX 12 running on Windows 7

• the latest update adds support to run the D3D12 game on windows 7
• user mode d3d12 implementation without win1…