THE VIDEO SHELF · 3d graphics math
[JSConfUS 2013] Steven Wittens: Making WebGL Dance
Steven Wittens' JSConf US 2013 talk on drawing with WebGL, using animated visuals to walk through vectors, matrices and the rendering pipeline. Despite the title, it works as a visual primer on the linear algebra behind 3D graphics.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN treats it as one of the best intros to the math of 3D graphics and a staple answer to how to learn graphics programming.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- JSConf
- Topic
- 3d graphics math
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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In addition to the recommendation by lastofus, I highly highly recommend this presentation: [VIDEO] Despite the title, the talk is NOT WebGL specific. It's a fantastic, FANTASTIC tour of 3D graphics fundamentals. This is, IMHO, quite simply the best presentation I've ever seen on how …
Fr0styMatt88 on Hacker News · 2016-05
In Scratchapixel: Computer Graphics Programming from ScratchAnother very good overview of rendering algorithms was given by Steven Wittens on his Making Webgl Dance [1, 2] [1] slides: [LINK] [2] video: [VIDEO]
DanielRibeiro on Hacker News · 2013-08
In Rotating ImagesIT's worth linking directly to the talk: [VIDEO] (Also, after the first few slides in the animation, there are some pretty cool animations).
johnhenry on Hacker News · 2017-11
In Making WebGL Dance: How, Where, and What to Draw (2013)
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