Graphics Programming Virtual Meetup

"Physically based rendering from first principles" Group Read, Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [Physically based rendering from first principles](https://imadr.me/pbr/) During group reading events, we go through all the content together, so t

Next week, we will read the article "Physically based rendering from first principles."

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Physically Based Rendering V4 10.1 Group Read, Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read 10.1 Texture Sampling and Antialiasing of the PBRT book. During group reading events, we go through all the content together, so there's no expecta

Next week, we are going to continue reading the Physically Based Rendering book

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Importance Sampled Emission Spectra Group Read, Fri, Sep 5, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, Jon Baker will be presenting on [his post](https://jbaker.graphics/writings/spectralpt2d3.html) which explains an application of the inversion method of importan

This week, @jbakergraphics.bsky.social will be presenting on his post which explains an application of the inversion method of importance sampling, to generate random numbers that match a given probability density function (PDF).

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Physically Based Rendering V4 9.6 Group Read, Fri, Jul 4, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup **Note: this week's meeting is on Friday (or Saturday, depending on your timezone)** This week, we will read 9.6 Roughness Using Microfacet Theory of the PBRT book. Durin

Next week, we will continue reading the PBRT book.

Note that we change the meeting time to Friday (or Saturday, depending on your timezone)

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Octahedron Environment Maps Group Read, Wed, May 28, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [Octahedron Environment Maps](https://web.archive.org/web/20160729172733/http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/~engelhts/paper/vmvOctaMaps.pdf) by Thomas

Next week, we will read "Octahedron Environment Maps"

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Group Read of "To Early-Z, or Not To Early-Z", Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [To Early-Z, or Not To Early-Z](https://therealmjp.github.io/posts/to-earlyz-or-not-to-earlyz/) Join our Discord server: [https://discord.gg/6TTRA5

Next week, we will read "To Early-Z, or Not To Early-Z"

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Group Read of "Grass Rendering Series", Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [Grass Rendering Series Part 1: Theory](https://hexaquo.at/pages/grass-rendering-series-part-1-theory/) and [Grass Rendering Series Part 2: Full-Geo

This week, we will read about grass rendering blog posts
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Physically Based Rendering V4 8.5 Group Read, Wed, Mar 26, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [8.5 Stratified Sampler](https://pbr-book.org/4ed/Sampling_and_Reconstruction/Stratified_Sampler) of the PBRT book. Note: During group reading even

Next week, we will continue to read "Physically Based Rendering"

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" Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research" Group Watch, Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will watch [Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research](https://youtu.be/UxGxsGnbyJ4?si=BtLfo7jgI6lY6XdV) by Matt Keeter. Join our discord server: [https://dis

Next week, we will watch Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research by Matt Keeter
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Radiometry, part 1: I got it backwards, Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [Radiometry, part 1: I got it backwards](http://momentsingraphics.de/Radiometry1Backwards.html) Join our discord server: [https://discord.gg/6TTRA5

Next week, we are going to read "Radiometry, part 1: I got it backwards"

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"Lerp smoothing is broken" Group Watch, Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will watch [Lerp smoothing is broken](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNQuFEDOyQ) by Freya Holmér Join our discord server: [https://discord.gg/6TTRA5h](http

This week, we will watch "Lerp smoothing is broken" by Freya Holmér

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Physically Based Rendering V4 8.1 Group Read, Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [8.1 Sampling Theory](https://pbr-book.org/4ed/Sampling_and_Reconstruction/Sampling_Theory) of the PBRT book. Note: During group reading events, we

Next week, we are going to continue reading the PBRT book, this time covering 8.1 Sampling Theory.

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Two blue noise blog posts group read, Wed, Dec 11, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read two blog posts by Alan Wolfe: [What the Heck is Blue Noise](https://blog.demofox.org/2018/01/30/what-the-heck-is-blue-noise/) and [Generating Blue N

Next week, we'll be reading two blog posts about blue noise by Alan Wolfe

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Physically Based Rendering V4 7.3 Group Read, Wed, Dec 4, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will read [Section 7.3, Bounding Volume Hierarchies](https://pbr-book.org/4ed/Primitives_and_Intersection_Acceleration/Bounding_Volume_Hierarchies) of the PBR

Next week, we will continue reading through the PBRT book, this time about BVH.

Note: During group reading events, we go through all the content together, so there's no expectation to read it in advance (though it’s great if you do!).

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"Beyond White Noise for Real-Time Rendering" Group Watch, Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 7:00 PM | Meetup This week, we will watch [Beyond White Noise for Real-Time Rendering](https://youtu.be/tethAU66xaA?si=QsZShdpqAwbZswJH). Join our discord server: [https://discord.gg/6TTRA

In next week's meeting, we will watch "Beyond White Noise for Real-Time Rendering" by Alan Wolfe

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