Stephen Hill (@selfshadow.com)

I'm finally writing up how Nanite Tessellation works. The first few blogs posts are up. More will be coming. graphicrants.blogspot.com/2026/02/nani...

graphicrants.blogspot.comNanite TessellationNanite Tessellation, aka Nanite Dynamic Tessellation, aka Nanite Dynamic Displacement was the next major feature I worked on after Nanite it...

Stephen Hill

@selfshadow.com

28 Oct 2025

Oooh, new glints paper at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025: perso.telecom-paristech.fr/boubek/paper...

perso.telecom-paristech.frEvaluating and Sampling Glinty NDFs in Constant TimeGeometric features between the micro and macro scales produce an expressive family of visual effects grouped under the term 'glints'. Efficiently rendering these effects amounts to finding the highlig...

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@infinata.bsky.social

26 Aug 2025

Some more on the making of our ILM Rebel Hideout. www.ilm.com/rebel-hideou...

ilm.comWelcome to the Rebel Hideout: ILM’s Employee-made ‘Star Wars’ Gathering PlaceLearn the inspiring story of a group of dedicated ILM and Lucasfilm employees who turned their dreams into a reality....

Stephen Hill

@selfshadow.com

16 Aug 2025

SIGGRAPH 2025 links: blog.selfshadow.com/2025/08/15/s.... I'll be adding more soon. Let me know if I'm missing anything.

blog.selfshadow.comSIGGRAPH 2025 Links

Stephen Hill

@selfshadow.com

10 Aug 2025

Most of the slides and course notes for the SIGGRAPH 2025 Physically Based Shading in Theory and practice course are now online, with more to follow: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...

blog.selfshadow.comSIGGRAPH 2025 Course: Physically Based Shading in Theory and Practice