THE VIDEO SHELF · raytracing and dithering
I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors
Bisqwit writes a raytracer from scratch in C++ for DOS, rendering in the 16-color VGA palette at 640x480. The video also covers color quantization and ordered dithering.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN fans praise Bisqwit as a favorite programming YouTuber and this video as an excellent look at dithering.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Bisqwit
- Topic
- raytracing and dithering
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2021
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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Agreed. My favourite programming YouTuber by a long stretch. If anyone is unfamiliar with him and wants to watch some of the "classics" I'd recommend these: His "cracking videogame passwords" series: [LINK] Creating a Doom-style 3D engine in C: [LINK] Creating a Rogue-like game in …
petercooper on Hacker News · 2019-01
In Let’s Create a Speech Synthesizer in C++17 [video]Bisqwit's discussion of dithering is outstanding . He presents a very impressive algorithm for arbitrary-palette dithering that is animation safe . > This paper introduces a patent-free positional (ordered) dithering algorithm that is applicable for arbitrary palettes. Such dithering algorithm can be used to change …
pdkl95 on Hacker News · 2021-01
In Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering
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