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Canonical include files for frameworks & libraries

Posted on 16.3.2012 by Anteru (Updated on 16.3.2012)

My research framework has gotten quite big over the years; the version my clients use at the moment comes with over 400 header files containing nearly 1000 classes. All of this is organized into several libraries (Core, Engine, Image, etc.) … 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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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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Ava source code is now public

Posted on 6.9.2011 by Anteru (Updated on 6.9.2011)

A dear reader asked whether the Ava source code is public, and yes, it is now! Ava is a small video-processing tool I’ve been using for producing videos for publications (I have already blogged everything interesting about it.) It took … Continue reading →

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