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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by bsder on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @09:22PM (#40653516)
> When I moved out of computing into biochemistry and medicine, and now into climate, I found people take papers seriously, which is a pleasure.

SIGGRAPH had been around since 1974 and was well-known if you were doing anything graphics related--especially 3D. You couldn't help but trip over the algorithms you needed.

The genius was putting any of these algorithms meant for super-expensive 3D graphics hardware on a wimpy-ass 1990 PC.

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by JKCalhoun on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:42PM (#40654240)
You're reminding of the "Numerical Recipes" series of books from that era. I feel like there were a series related to computer graphics as well....
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by jacobolus on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @12:17AM (#40654455)
Numerical Recipes was just several editions of one book, each with a few variants (for different programming languages).

But you might be thinking of Graphics Gems (vols 1–5). https://www.realtimerendering.com/resources/GraphicsGems/

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by AlotOfReading on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @01:57AM (#40654991)
Abrash's Black Book was more in the style of Numerical Recipes than graphics gems, from what I recall. I also remember Nvidia putting out something annually around the late 2000s that was pretty good, can't remember the name though.
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @04:28PM (#40662726)
Wow, yeah, Graphics Gems, those was amazing. Thanks for reminding me.
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by jacobolus on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @08:36PM (#40664718)
From the same era, folks may also enjoy the three volumes of collected articles from Jim Blinn's Corner. Some of it is a bit dated now, but plenty is still relevant.
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by h0l0cube on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:02PM (#40654029)
Exactly. Research and it’s practical application is pretty common in computer graphics, and particularly cutting edge graphics engine development. There’s no need to dig around in academic papers unless you’re dealing with deep technical problems and off-the-shelf solutions are out of the question.
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