- presents the argument that rendering industry is shifting from technology-driven growth to content delivery and user-generated content as primary revenue drivers
- discusses the role of machine learning in rendering, noting its effectiveness in post-processing but limited impact on core algorithms due to existing analytical solutions
- predicts future trends toward “more real-time, less baking” approaches and advances in dynamic data structures for optimal signal representation
- explores the technical foundations of digital display technology
- covers the evolution from electron guns to modern displays
- examines how pixels and color systems work in todays screens
- explains how to use Wave Matrix Multiply Accumulate (WMMA) operations on AMD RDNA 4 GPUs
- covers the simplified VGPR layout compared to RDNA 3 and the new intrinsics for 16x16 matrix operations
- provides practical examples including multi-layer perceptron (MLP) implementation using WMMA for neural network inference
- announces the launch of Skia Graphite as Chrome’s new rasterization backend
- explains how Graphite improves upon the previous Ganesh backend with better multithreading and depth testing for 2D graphics
- details performance improvements and future development plans
- comprehensive guide to efficiently packing various data types commonly used in graphics programming
- covers techniques for normalized data, floating point formats, bitfields, and specialized encoding methods for normals and world positions
- provides HLSL code examples and GPU instruction analysis on RDNA hardware
- compares lossless compression techniques for multi-layer floating point images
- evaluates OpenEXR, JPEG-XL, and a custom approach using mesh optimizer with zstd
- presents that mesh optimizer combined with zstd provides really good performance-to-compression ratio results
- presents a new approach to color quantization using the HyAB distance formula in CIELAB color space
- compares results against exisitngs methods
- demonstrates how a hybrid distance metric (absolute difference in lightness, Euclidean in chromaticity) improves color fidelity in quantized images
- addresses visual artifacts that occur with transparent textures have unintetional RGB values in transparent areas during mipmapping
- presents a Python tool that pads transparent textures by bleeding opaque pixels outward to fix rendering issues
- explains the difference between premultiplied and straight alpha workflows and their impact on texture processing
- video exploring the mathematical relationship between matrices and tensors
- covers tensor algebra concepts that extend beyond traditional matrix operations
- presents mathematical foundations useful for understanding advanced graphics and machine learning algorithms
- detailed explanation of physarum-inspired algorithms for creating organic-looking simulations and visual effects
- provides implementation details including GPU shader techniques, interactive experiments, and artistic applications for real-time organic pattern generation
- video recording of research paper presentations from the Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) 2025 conference
- features cutting-edge research on neural rendering techniques and Gaussian splatting methods
- showcases the latest developments in neural graphics and real-time rendering technologies
- research presentations from I3D 2025 conference focusing on advanced filtering and reconstruction techniques
- covers state-of-the-art methods for image and signal processing in real-time graphics applications
- presents novel approaches to improving quality and performance in interactive 3D rendering
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