2019-03-14

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Sebastian Lague

In this coding adventure I learn about compute shaders by creating a very simple raytracer. I then try use what I've learned to speed up my erosion simulation from the previous episode.

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The project is available here:

(updated version) https://github.com/SebLague/Hydraulic-Erosion

(version at time of this video) https://github.com/SebLague/Hydraulic-Erosion/tree/Coding-Adventure-E02

Raytracing article:

http://blog.three-eyed-games.com/2018/05/03/gpu-ray-tracing-in-unity-part-1/

Compute shader resources I used:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/7ppldz/physics_simulation_on_gpu_with_compute_shader_in/

http://kylehalladay.com/blog/tutorial/2014/06/27/Compute-Shaders-Are-Nifty.html

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-ComputeShader.html

Music:

"Le Grand Chase"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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