Tobias A. Franke
@thefranke.bsky.social
Principal Game Engine Architect at Huawei. Previously: Senior Graphics Engineer at Unity, Research Scientist at Fraunhofer, Tech-Priest at Cult Mechanicus.
https://tobias-franke.eu/
https://tobias-franke.eu/
Hopp Schwiiz🇨🇭Lied des Tages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8l...
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Hopp Schwiiz🇨🇭Lied des Tages: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8l...
For some asinine reason ARM decided to sunset the RSS feed of their community blogs, but through the sheer power of boredom and hatred of the modern web I have brought it back from hell.
Coming to an #RSS-Bridge near you soon...
Coming to an #RSS-Bridge near you soon...
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
For some asinine reason ARM decided to sunset the RSS feed of their community blogs, but through the sheer power of boredom and hatred of the modern web I have brought it back from hell.
Coming to an #RSS-Bridge near you soon...
Coming to an #RSS-Bridge near you soon...
"I applied Magnetospheric Plasma Relaxation (MHD) to the Rendering Equation and got O(1) Global Illumination."
www.reddit.com/r/GraphicsPr...
www.reddit.com/r/GraphicsPr...
From the GraphicsProgramming community on Reddit: I applied Magnetospheric Plasma Relaxation (MHD) to the Rendering Equation and got O(1) Global Illumination.
Explore this post and more from the GraphicsProgramming community
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January 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
"I applied Magnetospheric Plasma Relaxation (MHD) to the Rendering Equation and got O(1) Global Illumination."
www.reddit.com/r/GraphicsPr...
www.reddit.com/r/GraphicsPr...
Reposted by Tobias A. Franke
Early Bird pricing for Vulkanised 2026 ends on January 18. Register now to attend the largest event dedicated to developers using the Vulkan API.
vulkan.org/events/vulka...
#Vulkanised2026 #Vulkan #API #graphics #GPU
vulkan.org/events/vulka...
#Vulkanised2026 #Vulkan #API #graphics #GPU
January 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Early Bird pricing for Vulkanised 2026 ends on January 18. Register now to attend the largest event dedicated to developers using the Vulkan API.
vulkan.org/events/vulka...
#Vulkanised2026 #Vulkan #API #graphics #GPU
vulkan.org/events/vulka...
#Vulkanised2026 #Vulkan #API #graphics #GPU
The memory-shortage right now is a great time to bring back Demoscene-like vibes into game coding: Work with limited resources that do not change for the foreseeable future. Just like in the Amiga 500 days!
January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The memory-shortage right now is a great time to bring back Demoscene-like vibes into game coding: Work with limited resources that do not change for the foreseeable future. Just like in the Amiga 500 days!
Ladies and gentlemen, the bets are open!
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/12/intr...
When will the Google Feeds app end up on killedbygoogle.com ?
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/12/intr...
When will the Google Feeds app end up on killedbygoogle.com ?
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, the bets are open!
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/12/intr...
When will the Google Feeds app end up on killedbygoogle.com ?
workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2025/12/intr...
When will the Google Feeds app end up on killedbygoogle.com ?
Happy 2026!
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Tobias A. Franke (@thefranke@graphics.social)
393 Posts, 149 Following, 319 Followers · Principal Game Engine Architect at Huawei. Previously: Senior Graphics Engineer at Unity, Research Scientist at Fraunhofer, Tech-Priest at Cult Mechanicus.
graphics.social
January 1, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Happy 2026!
Canonical profile reminder.
graphics.social/@thefranke
These hellholes are copies:
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/thef...
Xitter: x.com/thefranke
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/thefranke
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graphics.social/@thefranke
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Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/thef...
Xitter: x.com/thefranke
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I hope GOG stays independent through this move. Too many stores just turn into online-forever-slop, and I'm very grateful to retain my own personal, offline library of games I can run anywhere.
December 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I hope GOG stays independent through this move. Too many stores just turn into online-forever-slop, and I'm very grateful to retain my own personal, offline library of games I can run anywhere.
My lab is at #SIGGRAPHAsia2025 and the Huawei booth is at D-07.
If you want to help shape a new ecosystem for gaming on HarmonyOS, please reach out and I'll connect you to my colleagues!
If you want to help shape a new ecosystem for gaming on HarmonyOS, please reach out and I'll connect you to my colleagues!
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My lab is at #SIGGRAPHAsia2025 and the Huawei booth is at D-07.
If you want to help shape a new ecosystem for gaming on HarmonyOS, please reach out and I'll connect you to my colleagues!
If you want to help shape a new ecosystem for gaming on HarmonyOS, please reach out and I'll connect you to my colleagues!
Coding Trance Music (Full Narrated)
YouTube video by Switch Angel
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December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New custom content extraction path in #RSS-Librarian now automatically links a Youtube video's counterpart URL and MP4 on @odyseeteam.bsky.social. Sample below shows ColdFusion TV.
Try here to store articles for later-reading in your feed-reader:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Try here to store articles for later-reading in your feed-reader:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New custom content extraction path in #RSS-Librarian now automatically links a Youtube video's counterpart URL and MP4 on @odyseeteam.bsky.social. Sample below shows ColdFusion TV.
Try here to store articles for later-reading in your feed-reader:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Try here to store articles for later-reading in your feed-reader:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
"Freedom from Outlook" must be adopted as a new article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, now!
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thun...
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thun...
Thunderbird Adds Native Microsoft Exchange Email Support - The Thunderbird Blog
Thunderbird Exchange support has finally landed for email in the latest monthly release. Find out what's in, out, and still on the way.
blog.thunderbird.net
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Freedom from Outlook" must be adopted as a new article in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, now!
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thun...
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thun...
#Pocket, the once popular read-it-later service, is shutting down their exports in 2 days. What did everyone switch to?
If you need something lightweight, look no further than below.
If you need something lightweight, look no further than below.
I'm happy to announce that #RSS-Librarian, a read-it later service to store articles in your own personal feed, arrived at Version One, and with it the new official instance:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Read more on last years development in my blog:
www.tobias-franke.eu/log/2025/11/...
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Read more on last years development in my blog:
www.tobias-franke.eu/log/2025/11/...
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#Pocket, the once popular read-it-later service, is shutting down their exports in 2 days. What did everyone switch to?
If you need something lightweight, look no further than below.
If you need something lightweight, look no further than below.
I'm happy to announce that #RSS-Librarian, a read-it later service to store articles in your own personal feed, arrived at Version One, and with it the new official instance:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Read more on last years development in my blog:
www.tobias-franke.eu/log/2025/11/...
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Read more on last years development in my blog:
www.tobias-franke.eu/log/2025/11/...
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I'm happy to announce that #RSS-Librarian, a read-it later service to store articles in your own personal feed, arrived at Version One, and with it the new official instance:
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Read more on last years development in my blog:
www.tobias-franke.eu/log/2025/11/...
www.rsslibrarian.ch/librarian.php
Read more on last years development in my blog:
www.tobias-franke.eu/log/2025/11/...
"Iterative Lightmap Updates for Scene Editing" from @momentsingraphics.bsky.social et al.
Read the title and immediately thought this might apply nicely to Augmented Reality as well to update real light-paths for the changes introduced by new objects.
momentsingraphics.de/PG2025.html
Read the title and immediately thought this might apply nicely to Augmented Reality as well to update real light-paths for the changes introduced by new objects.
momentsingraphics.de/PG2025.html
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Iterative Lightmap Updates for Scene Editing" from @momentsingraphics.bsky.social et al.
Read the title and immediately thought this might apply nicely to Augmented Reality as well to update real light-paths for the changes introduced by new objects.
momentsingraphics.de/PG2025.html
Read the title and immediately thought this might apply nicely to Augmented Reality as well to update real light-paths for the changes introduced by new objects.
momentsingraphics.de/PG2025.html
The Grand Egyptian Museum, after 20+ years in the making, is finally open! I was fortunate enough to go there when it looked like below, with almost the entire museum to myself.
Congratulations #Egypt!
egypt-museum.com/grand-egypti...
Congratulations #Egypt!
egypt-museum.com/grand-egypti...
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Grand Egyptian Museum, after 20+ years in the making, is finally open! I was fortunate enough to go there when it looked like below, with almost the entire museum to myself.
Congratulations #Egypt!
egypt-museum.com/grand-egypti...
Congratulations #Egypt!
egypt-museum.com/grand-egypti...
#ChatControl may be dead for now, but beware of changing the proposal from "mandatory" to "voluntary": This bill will be parked like a tank in front of your house, just without the ammo... for now.
KILL IT WITH HOLY FIRE NOW!
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
KILL IT WITH HOLY FIRE NOW!
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#ChatControl may be dead for now, but beware of changing the proposal from "mandatory" to "voluntary": This bill will be parked like a tank in front of your house, just without the ammo... for now.
KILL IT WITH HOLY FIRE NOW!
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
KILL IT WITH HOLY FIRE NOW!
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
Stumbled across this console feed reader Bulletty from @crocidb.bsky.social that stores all articles as Markdown in a local cache. With some minor tweaks those can be automatically converted to really nice PDFs using Pandoc.
bulletty.croci.dev
bulletty.croci.dev
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Stumbled across this console feed reader Bulletty from @crocidb.bsky.social that stores all articles as Markdown in a local cache. With some minor tweaks those can be automatically converted to really nice PDFs using Pandoc.
bulletty.croci.dev
bulletty.croci.dev
I will not sign in LMAO. Thank Gaben that Steam & SteamDB are serving raw MP4s for game trailers so I don't need to deal with Youtube's constant and vague bullying attempts.
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I will not sign in LMAO. Thank Gaben that Steam & SteamDB are serving raw MP4s for game trailers so I don't need to deal with Youtube's constant and vague bullying attempts.
At long last, I have finally touched the Great Pyramid of Khufu with my own hands!
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At long last, I have finally touched the Great Pyramid of Khufu with my own hands!
First instance is now hosting my new #MagicTheGathering #RSS bridge.
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt#bridge-Magic...
Here's a sample feed for "all" articles:
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt?action=displ...
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt#bridge-Magic...
Here's a sample feed for "all" articles:
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt?action=displ...
September 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
First instance is now hosting my new #MagicTheGathering #RSS bridge.
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt#bridge-Magic...
Here's a sample feed for "all" articles:
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt?action=displ...
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt#bridge-Magic...
Here's a sample feed for "all" articles:
rssbridge.projectsegfau.lt?action=displ...
