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Computer graphics and rendering

Real-time graphics, WebGL, rendering algorithms, 3D scenes, and visual simulation.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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Show HN: Simple algorithm and color space to generate diverse skin tones↗ toneyalexander.github.io · HN · 99 comments · 627 points · Aug 04, 2026

Dav2d↗ code.videolan.org · HN · 191 comments · 619 points · May 02, 2026

Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse↗ felixturner.github.io · HN · 86 comments · 580 points · Mar 09, 2026

Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings↗ antirender.com · HN · 453 comments · 1844 points · Jan 30, 2026

Prism↗ openai.com · HN · 524 comments · 781 points · Jan 27, 2026

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No Graphics API↗ sebastianaaltonen.com · HN · 183 comments · 845 points · Dec 16, 2025

Blender 5.0↗ blender.org · HN · 361 comments · 1053 points · Nov 18, 2025

Making Minecraft Spherical↗ bowerbyte.com · HN · 123 comments · 900 points · Aug 28, 2025

Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation↗ github.com · HN · 221 comments · 1135 points · Aug 08, 2025

Genie 3: A new frontier for world models↗ deepmind.google · HN · 490 comments · 1510 points · Aug 05, 2025

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How I animate 3Blue1Brown [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 205 comments · 926 points · Oct 12, 2024

FFT-based ocean-wave rendering, implemented in Godot↗ github.com · HN · 103 comments · 836 points · Sep 28, 2024

So you think you know box shadows?↗ dgerrells.com · HN · 117 comments · 774 points · Jul 21, 2024

I designed a cube that balances itself on a corner↗ willempennings.nl · HN · 377 comments · 2460 points · Feb 11, 2024

Stellarium: Software which renders realistic skies in real time↗ github.com · HN · 162 comments · 765 points · Jan 13, 2024

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Evolving the Infinite Canvas↗ wattenberger.com · HN · 34 comments · 94 points · Dec 26, 2023

Black Triangles (2014)↗ rampantgames.com · HN · 67 comments · 267 points · Dec 26, 2023

Pixelating Live with SVG↗ meyerweb.com · HN · 31 comments · 74 points · Dec 24, 2023

Splatter Image: Ultra-Fast Single-View 3D Reconstruction↗ szymanowiczs.github.io · HN · 42 comments · 151 points · Dec 21, 2023

Blender 3.5↗ blender.org · HN · 20 comments · 73 points · Mar 29, 2023

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Ever-expanding animation of the life of the 796th floor of a space station↗ floor796.com · HN · 88 comments · 771 points · Nov 15, 2022

Pokemon Card Animation↗ deck-24abcd.netlify.app · HN · 122 comments · 944 points · Oct 27, 2022

DreamFusion: Text-to-3D using 2D Diffusion↗ dreamfusion3d.github.io · HN · 201 comments · 833 points · Sep 29, 2022

4.2 Gigabytes, Or: How to Draw Anything↗ andys.page · HN · 383 comments · 1428 points · Aug 30, 2022

Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL↗ persepolis.getty.edu · HN · 200 comments · 879 points · Apr 09, 2022

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Blender 3.0↗ blender.org · HN · 248 comments · 848 points · Dec 03, 2021

Curves and Surfaces↗ ciechanow.ski · HN · 66 comments · 876 points · Nov 02, 2021

My Room in 3D↗ my-room-in-3d.vercel.app · HN · 131 comments · 716 points · Sep 11, 2021

Animated Engines↗ animatedengines.com · HN · 86 comments · 696 points · Mar 06, 2021

Computer Graphics from Scratch↗ gabrielgambetta.com · HN · 116 comments · 805 points · Feb 03, 2021

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Ray tracing in notepad.exe at 30 FPS↗ kylehalladay.com · HN · 101 comments · 747 points · May 20, 2020

Pose Animator: SVG animation tool using real-time TensorFlow.js models↗ github.com · HN · 74 comments · 719 points · May 09, 2020

Let's remove quaternions from every 3D engine (2018)↗ marctenbosch.com · HN · 326 comments · 627 points · Jan 31, 2020

Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code↗ github.com · HN · 116 comments · 720 points · Jan 03, 2020

The Polygons of Another World↗ fabiensanglard.net · HN · 125 comments · 704 points · Jan 02, 2020

02 / CATCH UP

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Flip Fluid on Flip Dots↗ mitxela.com · HN · 25 comments · 396 points · Sep 26, 2026

2DWillNeverDie↗ 2dwillneverdie.com · HN · 96 comments · 336 points · Sep 22, 2026

Divide by depth for instant 3D↗ gabrieloc.com · HN · 39 comments · 216 points · Sep 19, 2026

Compiler-style optimization for drawing via Skia↗ arxiv.org · HN · 27 comments · 143 points · Sep 17, 2026

First Shader from Zero in Godot 4↗ gdquest.com · HN · 13 comments · 100 points · Sep 21, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

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A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 65 comments · 401 points · Aug 31, 2026

Flip Fluid on Flip Dots↗ mitxela.com · HN · 25 comments · 396 points · Sep 26, 2026

2DWillNeverDie↗ 2dwillneverdie.com · HN · 96 comments · 336 points · Sep 22, 2026

Fable 5.1 World Modeling↗ github.com · HN · 106 comments · 327 points · Sep 02, 2026

Divide by depth for instant 3D↗ gabrieloc.com · HN · 39 comments · 216 points · Sep 19, 2026

Compiler-style optimization for drawing via Skia↗ arxiv.org · HN · 27 comments · 143 points · Sep 17, 2026

Ok, but does it scale?↗ spacetimedb.com · HN · 73 comments · 126 points · Sep 04, 2026

Anatomy of a Texture↗ agentlien.github.io · HN · 17 comments · 112 points · Sep 16, 2026

When the fractional part of a float fixes your shader↗ crocidb.com · HN · 19 comments · 111 points · Sep 16, 2026

Shapelearn Qwen 3.8 27B (13.1 GB VRAM)↗ byteshape.com · HN · 39 comments · 104 points · Sep 18, 2026

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