Nathan Reed

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I'm a graphics programmer, an amateur physicist, and a sci-fi nerd. I teach computers how to make pretty pictures. I'm excited by beautiful, immersive, story-driven games and interactive fiction. I enjoy messing around with esoteric ideas. I like explaining things.

reedbeta.com - developer blog, OpenGL demos, and other projects. @reedbeta on Twitter.

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28	Elegant solution for coloring chess tiles
23	Optimizing gravity calculations
20	Fades in older games. Need some help figuring out how the algorithm was derived
19	Fixed-Function vs Shaders: Which for beginner?
18	Determining Poker Hands

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+20	Help understanding Simplex Noise
+10	How are lights rendered as geometry in deferred shading?
+45	What values to construct “Projection Matrix” from?
+10	Kinds of anti aliasing?

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28	How do you author HDR content?
2	Is the output from D3DCompile specific to one GPU, or not?
1	In the Direct3D 9 Effect API, how do you find the texture variable linked to a sampler?