Hunter Dyar
@hdyar.com
Assistant Professor of Immersive Media. Educator, Creative Technologist, Photographer. He/Him. Pittsburgh.
You ever have one of those ideas that simply wills itself into existence on nothing but the power of the initial thought?
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You ever have one of those ideas that simply wills itself into existence on nothing but the power of the initial thought?
“Sorry my assignment was late, aws is down” - student
“Sorry my grades are late, aws is down” - faculty
“Sorry my grades are late, aws is down” - faculty
October 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Sorry my assignment was late, aws is down” - student
“Sorry my grades are late, aws is down” - faculty
“Sorry my grades are late, aws is down” - faculty
I love SDF's. Dual contouring with a quadtree. No collapsing or other optimizations, and still some fixable bugs with choosing when to subdivide a square
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I love SDF's. Dual contouring with a quadtree. No collapsing or other optimizations, and still some fixable bugs with choosing when to subdivide a square
"Turn of the recursion limit, it will be fine" i told myself. Lying.
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Turn of the recursion limit, it will be fine" i told myself. Lying.
Made a Unity project for rendering animated text in a way that I don't hate. Text is text, animations are clips on a timeline.
I like to work procedurally & non-destructively.... doing that n editors like Resolve I find tedious and challenging (and also I'm bad at them)
I like to work procedurally & non-destructively.... doing that n editors like Resolve I find tedious and challenging (and also I'm bad at them)
July 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Made a Unity project for rendering animated text in a way that I don't hate. Text is text, animations are clips on a timeline.
I like to work procedurally & non-destructively.... doing that n editors like Resolve I find tedious and challenging (and also I'm bad at them)
I like to work procedurally & non-destructively.... doing that n editors like Resolve I find tedious and challenging (and also I'm bad at them)
so i'm accidentally writing a node editor from scratch?
June 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
so i'm accidentally writing a node editor from scratch?
Brought my cat into the library today for a photoshoot :p
May 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Brought my cat into the library today for a photoshoot :p
Got an 85” tv vertically mounted. Of course, the inaugural thing the students put on it was subway surfers -_-
May 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Got an 85” tv vertically mounted. Of course, the inaugural thing the students put on it was subway surfers -_-
Has anyone checked in on app developers recently? Are they doing okay? Are the co2 meters plugged in?
May 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Has anyone checked in on app developers recently? Are they doing okay? Are the co2 meters plugged in?
My wallet is being unfairly and personally attacked by the steam fest. Rude and uncalled for tbh, I need all of these games.
April 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My wallet is being unfairly and personally attacked by the steam fest. Rude and uncalled for tbh, I need all of these games.
Thirty five hundred dollars
April 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thirty five hundred dollars
A friend mailed me a 3 pound bag of cereal marshmallows. What do I do.
February 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A friend mailed me a 3 pound bag of cereal marshmallows. What do I do.
I'm just adding up every possible 16 bit number with every other possible 16 bit number from simulated NAND gates in my completely non-optimized computer sim....
How long could it possibly take?
How long could it possibly take?
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm just adding up every possible 16 bit number with every other possible 16 bit number from simulated NAND gates in my completely non-optimized computer sim....
How long could it possibly take?
How long could it possibly take?
I turned an old android tablet into a display that streams live chess games as a gift for my dad.
January 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I turned an old android tablet into a display that streams live chess games as a gift for my dad.
Feeling sad, might go look at Microsoft Powerpoint Templates as an inexhaustible source of personal affirmations and nuggets of life wisdom
create.microsoft.com/en-us/powerp...
create.microsoft.com/en-us/powerp...
January 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Feeling sad, might go look at Microsoft Powerpoint Templates as an inexhaustible source of personal affirmations and nuggets of life wisdom
create.microsoft.com/en-us/powerp...
create.microsoft.com/en-us/powerp...
Having fun at the Taskmaster Live Experienfe in London. :p
I’m currently drinking a cocktail called “milk”
I’m currently drinking a cocktail called “milk”
December 28, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Having fun at the Taskmaster Live Experienfe in London. :p
I’m currently drinking a cocktail called “milk”
I’m currently drinking a cocktail called “milk”
Big scary travel day today
December 21, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Big scary travel day today
First time DM showing up with a massive 3D printed dice tower!
December 16, 2024 at 12:11 AM
First time DM showing up with a massive 3D printed dice tower!
Helping my students set up a projector show on the library.
(Uh, we also made and projected art)
(Uh, we also made and projected art)
October 31, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Helping my students set up a projector show on the library.
(Uh, we also made and projected art)
(Uh, we also made and projected art)
I'm working on a procedural sprite editor inside Unity that uses a node editor for SDF equations. It feels pretty neat.
September 1, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I'm working on a procedural sprite editor inside Unity that uses a node editor for SDF equations. It feels pretty neat.