Made some further improvements. The darker scenes seem to have better quality...
The output looks nice, i'm gonna try various SDF shapes #wgsl #webgpu #pathtracer #sdf
The output looks nice, i'm gonna try various SDF shapes #wgsl #webgpu #pathtracer #sdf
October 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Made some further improvements. The darker scenes seem to have better quality...
The output looks nice, i'm gonna try various SDF shapes #wgsl #webgpu #pathtracer #sdf
The output looks nice, i'm gonna try various SDF shapes #wgsl #webgpu #pathtracer #sdf
this is a big question - the project is called Daedalus, it's been my baby for a couple years, it's a pathtracer that mostly uses SDFs for scene geometry - there are a lot of pieces and I have written a lot about it on my site here, happy to answer any more specific questions if you have them
Daedalus
jbaker.graphics
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
this is a big question - the project is called Daedalus, it's been my baby for a couple years, it's a pathtracer that mostly uses SDFs for scene geometry - there are a lot of pieces and I have written a lot about it on my site here, happy to answer any more specific questions if you have them
In the previous version, there were mathematical calculation errors, and various corrections have been made. it's getting better but the look has totally changed... #wgsl #webgpu #pathtracer #sdf
October 14, 2025 at 5:35 AM
In the previous version, there were mathematical calculation errors, and various corrections have been made. it's getting better but the look has totally changed... #wgsl #webgpu #pathtracer #sdf
October 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
September 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
jbaker.graphics/categories/d... personal project, pathtracer, gives me a place to play with ideas
Daedalus
jbaker.graphics
September 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
jbaker.graphics/categories/d... personal project, pathtracer, gives me a place to play with ideas
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Pathtracer testing in progress
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Pathtracer testing in progress
i mean... its not really a pathtracer until you've done hall of mirrors is it
September 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
i mean... its not really a pathtracer until you've done hall of mirrors is it
been a couple years since I wrote a dumb pathtracer-in-a-shader; felt that itch again and decided to brush off the cobwebs by 'covering'/'blatantly ripping off' noby's brilliant 10yo 4k www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8p...
September 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
been a couple years since I wrote a dumb pathtracer-in-a-shader; felt that itch again and decided to brush off the cobwebs by 'covering'/'blatantly ripping off' noby's brilliant 10yo 4k www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8p...
September 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
And even using Unreal Engine, I’d want to use pathtracer renders if possible instead of real time renders for backgrounds. They’d look much better in the comp.
August 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
And even using Unreal Engine, I’d want to use pathtracer renders if possible instead of real time renders for backgrounds. They’d look much better in the comp.
August 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
August 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
August 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hm... guess I will finally learn Rust. Have started YEARS ago but somehow stopped, I think I didn't like some syntax? Well, who knows. Now, not yet sure what to do for a starter/intro project. Goto is usually the humble Mandelbrot or a Ray/Pathtracer... 🤔
August 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hm... guess I will finally learn Rust. Have started YEARS ago but somehow stopped, I think I didn't like some syntax? Well, who knows. Now, not yet sure what to do for a starter/intro project. Goto is usually the humble Mandelbrot or a Ray/Pathtracer... 🤔
Test scene, Making small improvements to my pathtracer.
July 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Test scene, Making small improvements to my pathtracer.
Something like this? Created by running a fluid/erosion simulation and rendered using a pathtracer, javascript/glsl.
July 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Something like this? Created by running a fluid/erosion simulation and rendered using a pathtracer, javascript/glsl.
July 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Personally I've been mostly doing photorealism on desktop which doesn't really strongly require additional baked AO. Current lightmapper in 4.5 already closely matches cycles pathtracer and I can use SSAO if I need extra fake shadowing. Baked AO would be a nice addition for more control of course
June 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Personally I've been mostly doing photorealism on desktop which doesn't really strongly require additional baked AO. Current lightmapper in 4.5 already closely matches cycles pathtracer and I can use SSAO if I need extra fake shadowing. Baked AO would be a nice addition for more control of course
only after getting wasted do i suddenly start heavily plotting out the technical design for a performant slit-scan-based spectral pathtracer for that old funny SSTV game prototype of mine, wtf
(pic is old but relevant to this project i'm picking back up)
(pic is old but relevant to this project i'm picking back up)
June 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
only after getting wasted do i suddenly start heavily plotting out the technical design for a performant slit-scan-based spectral pathtracer for that old funny SSTV game prototype of mine, wtf
(pic is old but relevant to this project i'm picking back up)
(pic is old but relevant to this project i'm picking back up)