Stephen Hill
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I'm finally writing up how Nanite Tessellation works. The first few blogs posts are up. More will be coming.
graphicrants.blogspot.com/2026/02/nani...
graphicrants.blogspot.com/2026/02/nani...
Nanite Tessellation
Nanite Tessellation, aka Nanite Dynamic Tessellation, aka Nanite Dynamic Displacement was the next major feature I worked on after Nanite it...
graphicrants.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
I'm finally writing up how Nanite Tessellation works. The first few blogs posts are up. More will be coming.
graphicrants.blogspot.com/2026/02/nani...
graphicrants.blogspot.com/2026/02/nani...
Reposted by Stephen Hill
We are pleased to announce that I3D 2026 will be hosted at Lucasfilm in May 2026.
Conference Dates and Location:
Lucasfilm - 1110 Gorgas Ave, San Francisco, California 94129, USA
13 (Wednesday) to 15 (Friday) of May, 2026
For more details:
Conference Homepage: i3dsymposium.org/2026/
Conference Dates and Location:
Lucasfilm - 1110 Gorgas Ave, San Francisco, California 94129, USA
13 (Wednesday) to 15 (Friday) of May, 2026
For more details:
Conference Homepage: i3dsymposium.org/2026/
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We are pleased to announce that I3D 2026 will be hosted at Lucasfilm in May 2026.
Conference Dates and Location:
Lucasfilm - 1110 Gorgas Ave, San Francisco, California 94129, USA
13 (Wednesday) to 15 (Friday) of May, 2026
For more details:
Conference Homepage: i3dsymposium.org/2026/
Conference Dates and Location:
Lucasfilm - 1110 Gorgas Ave, San Francisco, California 94129, USA
13 (Wednesday) to 15 (Friday) of May, 2026
For more details:
Conference Homepage: i3dsymposium.org/2026/
Oooh, new glints paper at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025: perso.telecom-paristech.fr/boubek/paper...
Evaluating and Sampling Glinty NDFs in Constant Time
Geometric features between the micro and macro scales produce an expressive family of visual effects grouped under the term 'glints'.
Efficiently rendering these effects amounts to finding the highlig...
perso.telecom-paristech.fr
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Oooh, new glints paper at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025: perso.telecom-paristech.fr/boubek/paper...
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Some more on the making of our ILM Rebel Hideout. www.ilm.com/rebel-hideou...
Welcome to the Rebel Hideout: ILM’s Employee-made ‘Star Wars’ Gathering Place
Learn the inspiring story of a group of dedicated ILM and Lucasfilm employees who turned their dreams into a reality....
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August 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Some more on the making of our ILM Rebel Hideout. www.ilm.com/rebel-hideou...
SIGGRAPH 2025 links: blog.selfshadow.com/2025/08/15/s.... I'll be adding more soon. Let me know if I'm missing anything.
SIGGRAPH 2025 Links
blog.selfshadow.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
SIGGRAPH 2025 links: blog.selfshadow.com/2025/08/15/s.... I'll be adding more soon. Let me know if I'm missing anything.
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...
blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
SIGGRAPH 2025 Course: Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
blog.selfshadow.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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...
blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
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I3D 2025 Papers Session 5 - Rendering
YouTube video by I3D Symposium
youtu.be
July 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The SIGGRAPH Physically Based Shading course is back this year: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
SIGGRAPH 2025 Course: Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice
blog.selfshadow.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The SIGGRAPH Physically Based Shading course is back this year: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
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EON: A practical energy-preserving rough diffuse BRDF; by Portsmouth, Kutz, and Hill. www.jcgt.org/published/00...
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EON: A practical energy-preserving rough diffuse BRDF; by Portsmouth, Kutz, and Hill. www.jcgt.org/published/00...