Alex Battaglia
@dachsjaeger.bsky.social
Ray Tracing Radical, Turok Technophile, Crysis Cultist, Motion Blur Menace and PC Police Officer for @Digitalfoundry. Wird auch Hermann genannt.
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what's the reason for the season? I'm not sure, but I do know that SANTA CLAUS IS MADE OF FRACTAL PENISES
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
what's the reason for the season? I'm not sure, but I do know that SANTA CLAUS IS MADE OF FRACTAL PENISES
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This is a great article about ReGIR / World-Space ReSTIR with nice improvements by Tom Clabault:
tomclabault.github.io/blog/2025/re...
tomclabault.github.io/blog/2025/re...
ReGIR - An advanced implementation for many-lights offline rendering | Tom Clabault
Tom Clabault's website
tomclabault.github.io
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is a great article about ReGIR / World-Space ReSTIR with nice improvements by Tom Clabault:
tomclabault.github.io/blog/2025/re...
tomclabault.github.io/blog/2025/re...
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25% of core game dev jobs lost in Germany since 2023 is just an absolutely wild number.
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
Turbulent times: A snapshot of the German #gamesindustry. #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevjobs #layoffs #jobsearch #startups #gamefunding #Computerspieleförderung igmonline.de/story/igm-13...
Stürmische Zeiten: Die deutsche Games-Branche – eine Momentaufnahme
Keine Frage: Die allgemeine Krise der Games-Branche betrifft auch die hiesige Spieleproduktion. Studios werden geschlossen, Jobs gehen verloren, das Fahrwasser für die aktiven Studios wird rauer. Von ...
igmonline.de
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
25% of core game dev jobs lost in Germany since 2023 is just an absolutely wild number.
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
"Compared to 2023, this means that around 25 percent of jobs in the industry have been lost."
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My interview with @kyivpost.com by Ugo Poletti
"How Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Tools Influence Europe"
www.kyivpost.com/interviews/6...
"How Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Tools Influence Europe"
www.kyivpost.com/interviews/6...
How Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Tools Influence Europe
Disinformation and propaganda expert Dietmar Pichler speaks about how Moscow takes advantage of pre-existing vulnerabilities to spread and amplify its lies.
www.kyivpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My interview with @kyivpost.com by Ugo Poletti
"How Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Tools Influence Europe"
www.kyivpost.com/interviews/6...
"How Russian Propaganda and Disinformation Tools Influence Europe"
www.kyivpost.com/interviews/6...
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It's the 20th anniversary of Xbox 360's arrival and today we're reliving the launch day experience by unboxing an original two-decade-old, untouched Xbox 360 Core System. And yes, you'll get to see the day one 'Blades' experience... on a CRT, of course: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY
DF Retro: Xbox 360 20th Anniversary - Unboxing An Untouched Launch Console!
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's the 20th anniversary of Xbox 360's arrival and today we're reliving the launch day experience by unboxing an original two-decade-old, untouched Xbox 360 Core System. And yes, you'll get to see the day one 'Blades' experience... on a CRT, of course: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY
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Happy 20th birthday, Xbox 360: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Xbox 360 20th Anniversary: Unboxing An Untouched Launch Console!
Happy birthday, Xbox.
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Happy 20th birthday, Xbox 360: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
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The grovelling strategy, while imo justified for the sake of getting Ukraine patriots and the PURL scheme set up, always had an expiration date.
Agree that time is up now.
Agree that time is up now.
And Trump is weak right now. He just suffered a humiliating loss in Congress & the GOP was roundly defeated in the recent off-year elections. Trump’s approval ratings on the economy are dismal & SCOTUS may remove his ability to impose tariffs at will. Now is the time for Europe to stand up to him.
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The grovelling strategy, while imo justified for the sake of getting Ukraine patriots and the PURL scheme set up, always had an expiration date.
Agree that time is up now.
Agree that time is up now.
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Just over a month till I'm avaliable, if you're after a Tech Artist to push boundaries, or a traditional VFX artist with over 20 features / series' under his belt, let's talk!
#GameDev #VFX #FX #GameArt #Cinematics #TechArt
#GameDev #VFX #FX #GameArt #Cinematics #TechArt
Still looking for a new job! I'm a Tech Artist / Generalist who loves pushing visual side of things, 13 years of #UnrealEngine, Tech Art, Lighting, Lookdev, Env, Cinematics, HLSL, BP, PCG, Niagara, Python as well as a Houdini & Substance skillset
Avaliable mid Dec
#GameDev #VFX #FX #GameArt
Avaliable mid Dec
#GameDev #VFX #FX #GameArt
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Ukraine and the EU should send a video of the core leaders saying "fuck you" to Trump. Waste of space, that man.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
Trump setzt Selenskyj Frist bis Donnerstag für Antwort zu US-Plan
US-Präsident Trump erhöht den Druck: Bis Donnerstag soll Präsident Selenskyj dem 28-Punkte-Plan der USA zustimmen, der von der Ukraine große Zugeständnisse verlangt. Selenskyj spricht von "einem der s...
www.tagesschau.de
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ukraine and the EU should send a video of the core leaders saying "fuck you" to Trump. Waste of space, that man.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
Hate to break it to the haters, but puddles are basically mirrors with super coherent sharp reflections, Folks. Just with varying levels of brightness due the brightness of the sky and the ground colours behind the water.
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hate to break it to the haters, but puddles are basically mirrors with super coherent sharp reflections, Folks. Just with varying levels of brightness due the brightness of the sky and the ground colours behind the water.
Still so incredible
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Still so incredible
This looks excellent
Capsaicin is not just for tacos, it's also our developer rendering framework!
v1.3 is out now:
🌶️ Added heat with GI-1.2, which includes multiple-bounce indirect lighting.
🌶️ HDR support with spicier tone mapping.
And much, much more: gpuopen.com/learn/gi-1-2...
v1.3 is out now:
🌶️ Added heat with GI-1.2, which includes multiple-bounce indirect lighting.
🌶️ HDR support with spicier tone mapping.
And much, much more: gpuopen.com/learn/gi-1-2...
Introducing AMD GI-1.2 with multibounce indirect real-time rendering - AMD GPUOpen
AMD GI-1.2, our real-time Global Illumination solution, is available now as part of the AMD Capsaicin Framework v1.3.
gpuopen.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This looks excellent
Nothing the MAGA Republicans and Trump love more than their fellow Russian fascists and Putin. Imagine being so traitorous to the notion of justice.
The bilaterally worked out "capitulation" of Ukraine between Washington and Moscow is a farce.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
The bilaterally worked out "capitulation" of Ukraine between Washington and Moscow is a farce.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
Was der US-Plan für ein Ende des Ukraine-Krieges enthält
Es sind Vorschläge, die der Ukraine harte Zugeständnisse abverlangen würden: Mit einem 28-Punkte-Plan will US-Präsident Trump den Krieg beenden. Jetzt sind Details des bislang geheimen Dokuments bekan...
www.tagesschau.de
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Nothing the MAGA Republicans and Trump love more than their fellow Russian fascists and Putin. Imagine being so traitorous to the notion of justice.
The bilaterally worked out "capitulation" of Ukraine between Washington and Moscow is a farce.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
The bilaterally worked out "capitulation" of Ukraine between Washington and Moscow is a farce.
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...
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Here's a great video explaining/showing why the common CG practice of plugging smudge/fingerprints/dirt/whatever maps into roughness is wrong and why it should be done using material layering instead. This video is really well-made!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW4L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW4L...
Doing Surface Imperfections Right | Vray, Cycles, Arnold..
YouTube video by Lucas
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Here's a great video explaining/showing why the common CG practice of plugging smudge/fingerprints/dirt/whatever maps into roughness is wrong and why it should be done using material layering instead. This video is really well-made!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW4L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW4L...
Seeing people posting that Kirby Air Riders uses RTXGI SDK as if that means it uses Real-Time Ray Tracing. That is not a guarantee. RTXGI SDK allows the dev to bake out the probes If they want for an offline mode that does Not use Real-Time RT. You can see examples of that in many shipping games.
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Seeing people posting that Kirby Air Riders uses RTXGI SDK as if that means it uses Real-Time Ray Tracing. That is not a guarantee. RTXGI SDK allows the dev to bake out the probes If they want for an offline mode that does Not use Real-Time RT. You can see examples of that in many shipping games.
Every day like this.
Search and rescue have continued for a full day in Ternopil after a Russian strike on a high-rise. 22 people remain missing; 26 are confirmed dead, including three children. Over 230 rescuers from nine regions are working; some areas searched manually due to heavy damage.
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Every day like this.
I wonder who is deciding the Tagesschau topic selection?
Literally a full scale war in Europe with missiles raining every day on innocent civilians with hundreds of thousands dead in Ukraine and "USA" is there instead. Uh.... I find that framing disappointing.
Literally a full scale war in Europe with missiles raining every day on innocent civilians with hundreds of thousands dead in Ukraine and "USA" is there instead. Uh.... I find that framing disappointing.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I wonder who is deciding the Tagesschau topic selection?
Literally a full scale war in Europe with missiles raining every day on innocent civilians with hundreds of thousands dead in Ukraine and "USA" is there instead. Uh.... I find that framing disappointing.
Literally a full scale war in Europe with missiles raining every day on innocent civilians with hundreds of thousands dead in Ukraine and "USA" is there instead. Uh.... I find that framing disappointing.
Reading comments under this video and elsewhere , I wonder if DF should do a "this is how real life lighting phenomenon work" video. In spite of people visually orientating themselves daily in the real world, there is a supreme lack of intuitive knowledge about how light and materials function.
We finally have our very first, albeit somewhat strange look at one part of AMD's FSR Redstone: Ray Regeneration. In this video I talk about my first impressions, how it compares to Nvidia Ray Reconstruction, and how it might be different than expected. Enjoy!
youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Reading comments under this video and elsewhere , I wonder if DF should do a "this is how real life lighting phenomenon work" video. In spite of people visually orientating themselves daily in the real world, there is a supreme lack of intuitive knowledge about how light and materials function.
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Oh cool, @grackle.space gave the Dual Boot Diaries as shoutout on The Verge today! www.theverge.com/tech/823337/...
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
www.theverge.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Oh cool, @grackle.space gave the Dual Boot Diaries as shoutout on The Verge today! www.theverge.com/tech/823337/...
We finally have our very first, albeit somewhat strange look at one part of AMD's FSR Redstone: Ray Regeneration. In this video I talk about my first impressions, how it compares to Nvidia Ray Reconstruction, and how it might be different than expected. Enjoy!
youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We finally have our very first, albeit somewhat strange look at one part of AMD's FSR Redstone: Ray Regeneration. In this video I talk about my first impressions, how it compares to Nvidia Ray Reconstruction, and how it might be different than expected. Enjoy!
youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
youtu.be/RuASMLRGFus
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Tech Demos should come back into style, I miss the dueling outlandish tech demos showcasing GPU vendor specific tech, some of which never got used but they were wild swings!
Heck ill make them, pump out 1 every 6 months or so, push the boundaries!
someone fund some!
Heck ill make them, pump out 1 every 6 months or so, push the boundaries!
someone fund some!
July 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Tech Demos should come back into style, I miss the dueling outlandish tech demos showcasing GPU vendor specific tech, some of which never got used but they were wild swings!
Heck ill make them, pump out 1 every 6 months or so, push the boundaries!
someone fund some!
Heck ill make them, pump out 1 every 6 months or so, push the boundaries!
someone fund some!
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Tapping the sign, let's fund some tech demos!
Tech Demos should come back into style, I miss the dueling outlandish tech demos showcasing GPU vendor specific tech, some of which never got used but they were wild swings!
Heck ill make them, pump out 1 every 6 months or so, push the boundaries!
someone fund some!
Heck ill make them, pump out 1 every 6 months or so, push the boundaries!
someone fund some!
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Tapping the sign, let's fund some tech demos!
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More reason than ever to switch to SteamOS. @dachsjaeger.bsky.social @dark1x.bsky.social
Microsoft is turning Windows 11 into an "agentic OS." It's starting with AI agents on the taskbar, as well as some underlying changes to the Windows platform. Microsoft is betting on these changes for the future of Windows. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/821948/...
Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar
AI agents are coming to the Windows taskbar.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More reason than ever to switch to SteamOS. @dachsjaeger.bsky.social @dark1x.bsky.social
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If you're here for boomer shooter content, I have a starter pack for you bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you're here for boomer shooter content, I have a starter pack for you bsky.app/starter-pack...
I said it a few years back, but Call of Duty UI and UX decisions are anti-human and almost seem to exist to make you waste time and have less easily readable information. Why do I have to search and connect to a server for a benchmark under the graphics menu? Who in their right mind made this?
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I said it a few years back, but Call of Duty UI and UX decisions are anti-human and almost seem to exist to make you waste time and have less easily readable information. Why do I have to search and connect to a server for a benchmark under the graphics menu? Who in their right mind made this?