Author Archives: Anteru

Using right/left-handed viewing systems with both DirectX & OpenGL

Posted on 27.12.2011 by Anteru (Updated on 10.1.2012)

One problem many 3D graphics beginners run into is left/right-handed view matrices. In many cases, beginners get stuck with left-handed coordinate systems because they start with DirectX. Worse of all, some sources on the web claim that DirectX somehow mandates … Continue reading →

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OpenCL for realtime rendering: What’s missing?

Posted on 6.12.2011 by Anteru (Updated on 10.1.2012)

I’m a heavy user of OpenCL, relying on it exclusively for all my highly parallel computing needs. Recently, I started using OpenCL as a replacement for DirectCompute for a DirectX11 based renderer, and while it’s close, there is still a … Continue reading →

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Proof: Free range teapots in the land of Point Reyes

Posted on 24.9.2011 by Anteru (Updated on 19.11.2011)

I think this is the first documented sighting of teapots at the Point Reyes:

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C++, ownership and shared_ptr

Posted on 12.9.2011 by Anteru (Updated on 12.9.2011)

I’m a big fan of C++ shared_ptr — or I should rather say, I used to be a big fan. Lately I ran into some issues where the “shared ownership” model promoted by liberate use of shared_ptr started to make … Continue reading →

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