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Associação Inércia @inercia.bsky.social · 1d

Estivemos na Festa do Software Livre e já podem ler um report do jae sobre a participação no evento scene.pt/fsl/events-r...

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Shannon Woods 🖥️💚🎮🕹️👾 @ SIGGRAPH2025 @shannonin3d.bsky.social · 1d

Recordings for all of the Slang-related sessions at this year's SIGGRAPH are now publicly available on YouTube! Check out the Slang blog for links to recordings and session materials here: shader-slang.org/blog/2025/10...

SIGGRAPH 2025 Materials Now Available: Recordings and Resources from Our Events

shader-slang.org

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · 5d

Uploaded my new version of Material Maker lib with more than 120 nodes, especially dedicated to SDFs Now for #MaterialMaker 1.4!!! github.com/paulofalcao/...
A Shadertoy in 1 minute 😁

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Xor @xordev.com · 12d

"Turbine"
for(float i,z,d,s;i++<1e2;o+=vec4(z,1,s,1)/s/d){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=5.;a.x--;a=mix(dot(a,p)*a,p,sin(s-=t-z))+cos(s)*cross(a,p);for(d=1.;d++<9.;a+=sin(ceil(a*d)-t).yzx/d);s=sqrt(length(a.yz));z+=d=length(sin(a))*s/2e1;}o=tanh(o/5e3);

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · 17d

I will give a workshop on #materialmaker on Oct 4th in Porto. pretalx.softwarelivre.eu/fsl2025/talk...
Made this for it shadertoy.com/view/3ffcWl

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Xor @xordev.com · 20d

"Quasar 2"
for(float i,z,d,s;i++<7e1;o+=vec4(z,2,s,1)/s/d)
{vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=9.;a=mix(dot(a-=.57,p)*a,p,cos(s-=t))-sin(s)*cross(a,p);s=sqrt(length(a.xz-a.y));
for(d=1.;d++<9.;a+=sin(a*d-t).yzx/d);z+=d=length(sin(a)+dot(a,a/a)*.2)*s/2e1;}
o=tanh(o/2e3);

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Associação Inércia @inercia.bsky.social · 20d

Mais uma? É mesmo! Apresentamos mais uma Momentum, dia 27 de Setembro em Almada! Aparece e vem conhecer a demoscene em Portugal!

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mrdoob @mrdoob.com · 29d

Made a nice page for all my demoscene favorites.
mrdoob.com/demoscene/

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Stephen Hill @selfshadow.com · Aug 10

Most of the slides and course notes for the SIGGRAPH 2025 Physically Based Shading in Theory and practice course are now online, with more to follow:
blog.selfshadow.com/publications...

SIGGRAPH 2025 Course: Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice

blog.selfshadow.com

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Xor @xordev.com · Jul 30

"LAUNCH"
for(float i,z,d,f;i++<1e2;o+=vec4(3,1,d,z/f)/z){vec3 v=vec3(0,-2,7),p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyx)+v,a=p;a.y*=.3;for(d=1.;d++<9.;)a-=.1*sin((a.zxy+t*v+d)*d)*p.y/d;z+=d=min(max(-p.y,length(a)-2.),f=.2+abs(length(a.xz-cos(a.zx*6.))+max(p.y/.1,-.6)))/8.;}o=tanh(o*o.a/1e3);

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · Jul 27

Functional Raymarching compute.toys/view/2303
SDF rendering where 3D scenes are built through pure functional composition. There is no SDF function in the scene. Only main_image needs to change for every possible scene. Using SLANG

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Associação Inércia @inercia.bsky.social · Jul 13

Próximo Sábado em Almada, dia 19 Julho temos Momentum com churrasco, quem quiser vir socializar com demosceners, falar sobre o que tem feito de arte digital, ver demos e/ou reparar electrónica são bem vindos. Tragam comida/bebida para partilhar. Apareçam no discord para mais info

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · May 14

mobygratis.com

Free instrumental music for creators by Moby

mobygratis - Free Moby music to empower your creative projects

Free music resource designed to empower creative projects by students, non-profits, indie filmmakers, musicians and more.

mobygratis.com

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mrdoob @mrdoob.com · May 8

martypc.net?mount=fd:0:A...

MartyPC Web Edition

An IBM PC/XT emulator written in Rust - Now compiled for the web!

martypc.net

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · Apr 4

ai-2027.com

AI 2027

A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

ai-2027.com

PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · Apr 4

This paper suggests that the length of AI tasks is doubling every 7 months metr.org/blog/2025-03... There is also a research that speculates about possible AI futures ai-2027.co I’m more toward the idea of diminishing returns over time with AI, but…

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psenough @psenough.bsky.social · Mar 25

How To: Disable Hotkey for changing Keyboard/Language in Windows 11 youtu.be/b6sIwV2qwVk

How To: Disable Hotkey for changing Keyboard/Language in Windows 11

YouTube video by psenough

youtu.be

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · Mar 22

Made a shadertoy with it shadertoy.com/view/wXX3zr

Shadertoy

shadertoy.com

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PauloFalcao @paulofalcao.bsky.social · Mar 20

Made this using my custom nodes in #materialmaker

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Hugo Daniel @hugodan.bsky.social · Mar 18

Somehow ended up doing a shadertoy for webgpu shaders with a way to specify any pipeline configuration in that same text area. Like a portable webgpu real-time pipeline shadertoy or something

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Inigo Quilez @iquilezles.bsky.social · Feb 22

#mathematics #math

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Associação Inércia @inercia.bsky.social · Feb 18

Já no próximo Domingo, em Almada. Mais uma Momentum, a meetup mensal da Demoscene e arte digital em Portugal. Aparece!

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Xor @xordev.com · Feb 19

NEW GM Shaders: Signed Distance Fields
mini.gmshaders.com/p/sdf
You may have heard of SDFs, but this is an introduction to actually using them in computer graphics!

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Luís Correia @luiscorreia.pt · Feb 7

as a continuation, a recent documentary about the Timex plant in Portugal where ZX Spectrum and Timex computers were made

It has English subtitles for your enjoyment

Timex: Uma Revolução Por Contar

A Timex Portugal foi um baluarte da inovação tecnológica no nosso país nas décadas de 70 e 80 do século XX. Propomo-nos contar parte da históri

www.rtp.pt

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Edd B @kiwi-tiki.bsky.social · Feb 7

I made an attempt to create this kind of material. Also, this is the first shader I'm posting about on this new Bluesky account! www.shadertoy.com/view/Wfs3RN

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