Simon F
@sifee.bsky.social
3D graphics including texture comp & RT.
Messing with pixels since early 80s. 33yrs @ PowerVR/Imagination.
Deluded opinions probably my own.
Banner circa '87: Amantides-style cone ray tracing+Perlin textures on Transputer. No tris or bitmap textures
Messing with pixels since early 80s. 33yrs @ PowerVR/Imagination.
Deluded opinions probably my own.
Banner circa '87: Amantides-style cone ray tracing+Perlin textures on Transputer. No tris or bitmap textures
That video reminded me of a visit we made many years ago to an art museum in Aus where several rooms were painted white and everyone was issued with circular coloured stickers thatyou could apply wherever you wanted…
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
That video reminded me of a visit we made many years ago to an art museum in Aus where several rooms were painted white and everyone was issued with circular coloured stickers thatyou could apply wherever you wanted…
Relief as solution to shortage of tradesmen in London has been found, as new electrician apprenticeship scheme is off to a flying start.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Relief as solution to shortage of tradesmen in London has been found, as new electrician apprenticeship scheme is off to a flying start.
Sigh… got to love these presumably) AI summaries in search engines these days…
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sigh… got to love these presumably) AI summaries in search engines these days…
As an Aussie kid, this is the only Nintendo I got given (or ever owned for that matter). Does it count?
September 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
As an Aussie kid, this is the only Nintendo I got given (or ever owned for that matter). Does it count?
If it hasn’t reached a metre then don’t panic.
August 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
If it hasn’t reached a metre then don’t panic.
FWIW I recently dug out the old DC VQ Compressor code and tried to compile it with a modern Vis Studio compiler.
Certainly didn’t compile and or run first time, but seem to have got it going. (Right window shows indices)
Have to see about getting permission to release source but no promises.
Certainly didn’t compile and or run first time, but seem to have got it going. (Right window shows indices)
Have to see about getting permission to release source but no promises.
July 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
FWIW I recently dug out the old DC VQ Compressor code and tried to compile it with a modern Vis Studio compiler.
Certainly didn’t compile and or run first time, but seem to have got it going. (Right window shows indices)
Have to see about getting permission to release source but no promises.
Certainly didn’t compile and or run first time, but seem to have got it going. (Right window shows indices)
Have to see about getting permission to release source but no promises.
The great thing about Danish trains is that even the dogs understand when to be quiet:
June 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The great thing about Danish trains is that even the dogs understand when to be quiet:
Decided to try a composition of some of the HPG/Graphics Hardware items I had collected. (Not very artistic :-) )
June 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Decided to try a composition of some of the HPG/Graphics Hardware items I had collected. (Not very artistic :-) )
Did you visit the Lego shop in Copenhagen?
They had these…
They had these…
June 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Did you visit the Lego shop in Copenhagen?
They had these…
They had these…
I think there’s an opportunity to update the old classic:
May 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I think there’s an opportunity to update the old classic:
Learnt that from Dr Who in the late 70s (though they had to have their circuits altered to cause this)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rob...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rob...
April 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Learnt that from Dr Who in the late 70s (though they had to have their circuits altered to cause this)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rob...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rob...
FWIW this was from 2015.
The ecosystem must be OK as the native watercraft population seems reasonably stable 😝
The ecosystem must be OK as the native watercraft population seems reasonably stable 😝
April 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
FWIW this was from 2015.
The ecosystem must be OK as the native watercraft population seems reasonably stable 😝
The ecosystem must be OK as the native watercraft population seems reasonably stable 😝
As I know someone who maintains this (and others) I can believe it:
April 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As I know someone who maintains this (and others) I can believe it:
Obviously not the same as the film recorder, but look what turned up on the “facebork” feed today:
(They are spying on us I tell you)
(They are spying on us I tell you)
January 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Obviously not the same as the film recorder, but look what turned up on the “facebork” feed today:
(They are spying on us I tell you)
(They are spying on us I tell you)
Can I present Jalepeano's spice-filling curve?
January 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Can I present Jalepeano's spice-filling curve?
Why would one shell out hard earned cash on a VR headset when, in the 70s and 80s, you could get a “Free 3-D Viewer” with a book?
January 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Why would one shell out hard earned cash on a VR headset when, in the 70s and 80s, you could get a “Free 3-D Viewer” with a book?
Complete with free serving suggestion:
December 31, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Complete with free serving suggestion:
Game software found! No idea what hardware it was for!
December 26, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Game software found! No idea what hardware it was for!
(A bit late as already Christmas here but…)
Tonight you will be visited by 3 spirits
Tonight you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 25, 2024 at 2:41 AM
(A bit late as already Christmas here but…)
Tonight you will be visited by 3 spirits
Tonight you will be visited by 3 spirits
Guess who got a Nintendo console* for Christmas**. (drives 2 displays too!)
*Working batteries not included
** Ok, so it was probably Christmas 1983-ish??
*Working batteries not included
** Ok, so it was probably Christmas 1983-ish??
December 22, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Guess who got a Nintendo console* for Christmas**. (drives 2 displays too!)
*Working batteries not included
** Ok, so it was probably Christmas 1983-ish??
*Working batteries not included
** Ok, so it was probably Christmas 1983-ish??
Going through some old stuff hidden away at my parents house. Found some code from circa 1985/6.
Looks like I was working on painters’s algorithm/ Newell-Newell-Sancha
I feel so old.
Looks like I was working on painters’s algorithm/ Newell-Newell-Sancha
I feel so old.
December 14, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Going through some old stuff hidden away at my parents house. Found some code from circa 1985/6.
Looks like I was working on painters’s algorithm/ Newell-Newell-Sancha
I feel so old.
Looks like I was working on painters’s algorithm/ Newell-Newell-Sancha
I feel so old.
Could ray tracing BVHs be much older than Rubin & Whitted’s work?
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
November 29, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Could ray tracing BVHs be much older than Rubin & Whitted’s work?
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
Could ray tracing BVHs be much older than Rubin & Whitted’s work?
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
November 29, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Could ray tracing BVHs be much older than Rubin & Whitted’s work?
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
According to a UK energy provider…
😝
But will it be in 1024x768? 😀
November 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM
But will it be in 1024x768? 😀