Thibault Tricard
@thibaulttricard.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Computer Graphics in the Maverick team at LJK/Inria Grenoble.
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Hi Everyone, I'm a French researcher working on computer graphics.
My research focuses on Procedural generation and Geometry.
My research focuses on Procedural generation and Geometry.
I don’t like to publicly criticize science articles, but this work perfectly illustrate what I think is wrong in graphics nowadays : yunfan.zone/gswt_webpage/
This work is clearly doing shell map like texture synthesis, and do not cite any previous work.
The word « texture » is not even mentioned.
This work is clearly doing shell map like texture synthesis, and do not cite any previous work.
The word « texture » is not even mentioned.
GSWT: Gaussian Splatting Wang Tiles - Yunfan Zeng, Li Ma, Pedro V. Sander
A tile-based Gaussian Splatting rendering system for infinitely expanding terrain
yunfan.zone
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I don’t like to publicly criticize science articles, but this work perfectly illustrate what I think is wrong in graphics nowadays : yunfan.zone/gswt_webpage/
This work is clearly doing shell map like texture synthesis, and do not cite any previous work.
The word « texture » is not even mentioned.
This work is clearly doing shell map like texture synthesis, and do not cite any previous work.
The word « texture » is not even mentioned.
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🌶️ Hot take: ML-based graphics makes some graphics researchers unhappy for the same reason diffusion models make artists unhappy.
Both automate the interesting and beautiful parts of the work and both deskill the worker. Both result in questionable quality and both are being adopted regardless.
Both automate the interesting and beautiful parts of the work and both deskill the worker. Both result in questionable quality and both are being adopted regardless.
The best quote I’ve heard about AI was a half-joke by a coworker: “is there anything that classical techniques can do that AI can’t pretend to do better?” Sometimes pretending is good enough and sometimes it’s really not! That seems largely lost in the pro/anti AI discourse.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🌶️ Hot take: ML-based graphics makes some graphics researchers unhappy for the same reason diffusion models make artists unhappy.
Both automate the interesting and beautiful parts of the work and both deskill the worker. Both result in questionable quality and both are being adopted regardless.
Both automate the interesting and beautiful parts of the work and both deskill the worker. Both result in questionable quality and both are being adopted regardless.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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September 9th! Save the date!
My two Lenormands will also be available during the campaign! :D
My two Lenormands will also be available during the campaign! :D
August 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
September 9th! Save the date!
My two Lenormands will also be available during the campaign! :D
My two Lenormands will also be available during the campaign! :D
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Packed this little guy up for #SIGGRAPH2025
Come to our course on Computational Craft, Wed 2-5 to see it in action!
s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
Come to our course on Computational Craft, Wed 2-5 to see it in action!
s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
August 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Packed this little guy up for #SIGGRAPH2025
Come to our course on Computational Craft, Wed 2-5 to see it in action!
s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
Come to our course on Computational Craft, Wed 2-5 to see it in action!
s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
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We are pleased to announce an open PhD position at the CNR-ISTI
We are looking for a motivated PhD student with a background and interest in 3D Graphics, Geometry Processing, and Machine Learning.
**Deadline: 18 July 2025**
phd-ai-society.di.unipi.it/applications/
(pag 19 of the call: AI for 3D)
We are looking for a motivated PhD student with a background and interest in 3D Graphics, Geometry Processing, and Machine Learning.
**Deadline: 18 July 2025**
phd-ai-society.di.unipi.it/applications/
(pag 19 of the call: AI for 3D)
July 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are pleased to announce an open PhD position at the CNR-ISTI
We are looking for a motivated PhD student with a background and interest in 3D Graphics, Geometry Processing, and Machine Learning.
**Deadline: 18 July 2025**
phd-ai-society.di.unipi.it/applications/
(pag 19 of the call: AI for 3D)
We are looking for a motivated PhD student with a background and interest in 3D Graphics, Geometry Processing, and Machine Learning.
**Deadline: 18 July 2025**
phd-ai-society.di.unipi.it/applications/
(pag 19 of the call: AI for 3D)
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Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 398 - July 6th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
July 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 398 - July 6th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
Recently google scholar wrongly attributed one of my article ot another author.
In my quest to fix the issue I discovered that their is no way to contact scholar.
(appart from a contact email that is propably redirected to /dev/null)
In my quest to fix the issue I discovered that their is no way to contact scholar.
(appart from a contact email that is propably redirected to /dev/null)
July 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Recently google scholar wrongly attributed one of my article ot another author.
In my quest to fix the issue I discovered that their is no way to contact scholar.
(appart from a contact email that is propably redirected to /dev/null)
In my quest to fix the issue I discovered that their is no way to contact scholar.
(appart from a contact email that is propably redirected to /dev/null)
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Hardware virtual textures look like a marvelous tool for large terrains or volume compression.
Alas, they are in a sad state in terms of performance and usability. And strangely, the (very bad) binding perfs varies a lot with the driver.
→ read here: hal.science/hal-05138369
@rcmz0.bsky.social
Alas, they are in a sad state in terms of performance and usability. And strangely, the (very bad) binding perfs varies a lot with the driver.
→ read here: hal.science/hal-05138369
@rcmz0.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hardware virtual textures look like a marvelous tool for large terrains or volume compression.
Alas, they are in a sad state in terms of performance and usability. And strangely, the (very bad) binding perfs varies a lot with the driver.
→ read here: hal.science/hal-05138369
@rcmz0.bsky.social
Alas, they are in a sad state in terms of performance and usability. And strangely, the (very bad) binding perfs varies a lot with the driver.
→ read here: hal.science/hal-05138369
@rcmz0.bsky.social
I know a few lab heads who are going to regret putting their name on all the paper going out of their lab 🤡
I love the new way NeurIPS @neuripsconf.bsky.social handles the reviewing responsibility: it is explicitly framed as a "Partnership" (which it always was):
- if you are late in your reviews, you will not see the reviews to your own papers
- your own papers risk desk rejecting (like CVPR, ICCV)
- if you are late in your reviews, you will not see the reviews to your own papers
- your own papers risk desk rejecting (like CVPR, ICCV)
June 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I know a few lab heads who are going to regret putting their name on all the paper going out of their lab 🤡
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Triangles offer a natural strata to layout efficient non uniform random sampling on meshes. Our triangle rejection sampling reaches 10B samples/sec, which can feed primitive instancing, fiber distributions or emissivity sampling. Details in our HPG25 paper: research.adobe.com/publication/...
June 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Triangles offer a natural strata to layout efficient non uniform random sampling on meshes. Our triangle rejection sampling reaches 10B samples/sec, which can feed primitive instancing, fiber distributions or emissivity sampling. Details in our HPG25 paper: research.adobe.com/publication/...
The source code to generate all our results is available on github: github.com/PacomeLuton/...
June 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The source code to generate all our results is available on github: github.com/PacomeLuton/...
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No, fill out the linked Google form: forms.gle/3JdX3SLF46KG...
Call for SIGGRAPH Asia to relocate from Malaysia and commit to a venue selection process that safeguards on LGBTQ+ and other at-risk communities.
Fill out this form to add your name to the open letter asking SIGGRAPH leadership to relocate the 2026 SIGGRAPH Asia conference out of Malaysia. You can find the letter at this link.
forms.gle
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
No, fill out the linked Google form: forms.gle/3JdX3SLF46KG...
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Holding SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 in Malaysia is a slap in the face to the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Especially now, when underrepresented people need as much support as we can possibly give them ! Angry like me ? Sign this open letter to let them know. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter to the SIGGRAPH Leadership
RE: Call for SIGGRAPH Asia to relocate from Malaysia and commit to a venue selection process that safeguards LGBTQ+ and other at-risk communities. To the SIGGRAPH Leadership: SIGGRAPH Executive Commit...
docs.google.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Holding SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 in Malaysia is a slap in the face to the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Especially now, when underrepresented people need as much support as we can possibly give them ! Angry like me ? Sign this open letter to let them know. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 395 - June 15th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 395 - June 15th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
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Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 394 - June 9th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
June 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 394 - June 9th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
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We’re in the MIT news! Read about Leticia’s amazing new SIGGRAPH paper and the most fun I’ve had during my time at MIT! news.mit.edu/2025/animati...
Animation technique simulates the motion of squishy objects
MIT researchers developed a computationally efficient method that could enable artists to design realistic simulations of elastic objects, like bouncy or squishy characters, for animated movies or vid...
news.mit.edu
June 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We’re in the MIT news! Read about Leticia’s amazing new SIGGRAPH paper and the most fun I’ve had during my time at MIT! news.mit.edu/2025/animati...
Do you like voxels and implicits' representations and wish you could animate them in real-time?
Now you can!
Check out our article: "Real-time rendering of animated meshless representations" to know how: hal.science/hal-05095359
Shout out to @pacomeluton.bsky.social for this fantastic work!
Now you can!
Check out our article: "Real-time rendering of animated meshless representations" to know how: hal.science/hal-05095359
Shout out to @pacomeluton.bsky.social for this fantastic work!
June 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Do you like voxels and implicits' representations and wish you could animate them in real-time?
Now you can!
Check out our article: "Real-time rendering of animated meshless representations" to know how: hal.science/hal-05095359
Shout out to @pacomeluton.bsky.social for this fantastic work!
Now you can!
Check out our article: "Real-time rendering of animated meshless representations" to know how: hal.science/hal-05095359
Shout out to @pacomeluton.bsky.social for this fantastic work!
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Ever wondered how badly we're all addicted to buying new GPUs in graphics labs?
Come see our talk at #SIGGRAPH2025 to discuss how we can collectively move "Towards a sustainable use of GPUs in Graphics Research"
with @elie-michel.bsky.social @axelparis.bsky.social Octave Crespel and Felix Hähnlein
Come see our talk at #SIGGRAPH2025 to discuss how we can collectively move "Towards a sustainable use of GPUs in Graphics Research"
with @elie-michel.bsky.social @axelparis.bsky.social Octave Crespel and Felix Hähnlein
![MOTIVATION
Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) are at the core of Computer Graphics research. These chips are critical for rendering images, processing geometric data, and training machine learning models. Yet, the production and disposal of GPUs emits CO2 and results in toxic e-waste [1].
METHOD
We surveyed 888 papers presented at SIGGRAPH (premier conference for computer graphics research), from 2018 to 2024, and systematically gathered GPU models cited in the text.
We then contextualize the hardware reported in papers with publicly available data of consumers’ hardware [2, 3].
REFERENCES
[1] CRAWFORD, KATE. The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. Yale University Press, 2021.
[2] STEAM. Steam Hardware Survey. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
[3] BLENDER. Blender Open Data. https://opendata.blender.org](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gpta66q3ots5ia23kvfzpu5r/bafkreidqnyftshkcmtpzqlxsknnvcn34xszafururgdixddtcuzrmwloqq@jpeg)
June 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Ever wondered how badly we're all addicted to buying new GPUs in graphics labs?
Come see our talk at #SIGGRAPH2025 to discuss how we can collectively move "Towards a sustainable use of GPUs in Graphics Research"
with @elie-michel.bsky.social @axelparis.bsky.social Octave Crespel and Felix Hähnlein
Come see our talk at #SIGGRAPH2025 to discuss how we can collectively move "Towards a sustainable use of GPUs in Graphics Research"
with @elie-michel.bsky.social @axelparis.bsky.social Octave Crespel and Felix Hähnlein
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An update, a bit of retrospection, and a call for you, yes, you, to help JCGT a bit: www.realtimerendering.com/blog/jcgt-is...
JCGT is moving along | Real-Time Rendering
www.realtimerendering.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
An update, a bit of retrospection, and a call for you, yes, you, to help JCGT a bit: www.realtimerendering.com/blog/jcgt-is...
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I am proud to announce our Eurographics 2025 paper "Lipschitz Pruning: Hierarchical Simplification of Primitive-Based SDFs"! With Mathieu Sanchez (joint first author), @axelparis.bluesky.social, @elie-michel.bsky.social, Thibaud Lambert, @tamyboubekeur.bsky.social, Mathias Paulin and Théo Thonat.
May 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I am proud to announce our Eurographics 2025 paper "Lipschitz Pruning: Hierarchical Simplification of Primitive-Based SDFs"! With Mathieu Sanchez (joint first author), @axelparis.bluesky.social, @elie-michel.bsky.social, Thibaud Lambert, @tamyboubekeur.bsky.social, Mathias Paulin and Théo Thonat.
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The video file: inria.hal.science/hal-05046040...
May 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The video file: inria.hal.science/hal-05046040...
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on Shadertoy: www.shadertoy.com/view/MXyBDW
May 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
on Shadertoy: www.shadertoy.com/view/MXyBDW
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The video on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcVu...
Fast sphere tracing of procedural volumetric noise for very large and detailed scenes
YouTube video by Matheo Moinet
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The video on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcVu...