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bayeng commented on Recreating the Flying Toasters screen saver for the Vision Pro   abhipray.com/posts/flying... · Posted by u/bayeng
xu_ituairo · 2 years ago
Maybe some sort of cube mapping on the toasters to give them a reflective metallic look will make them blend with the environment more, situating them in the space and harkening to the original

(The APIs don’t let you use the actual environment for reflections, right?)

bayeng · 2 years ago
Thank you for the recommendation! I applied a "Physically Based" material to the toasters, setting the "metallic" attribute to its maximum value. The app preview/screenshots might not fully showcase the potential metallic appearance, which depends on the lighting conditions and the selection of the right emissive color. I'll experiment some more to enhance its reflectiveness under a broader range of conditions.

| (The APIs don’t let you use the actual environment for reflections, right?) That's a good point..I don't know the answer to your question but maybe I just need to add a light source in the virtual world.

bayeng commented on Recreating the Flying Toasters screen saver for the Vision Pro   abhipray.com/posts/flying... · Posted by u/bayeng
dhosek · 2 years ago
Definitely a 1.0 product in the graphics, but I love the whole concept of a murmuration of flying toasters in my living room. More whimsy like this, please.
bayeng · 2 years ago
Yep, I wanted to get something out there and iterate based on feedback. Would love to hear suggestions!
bayeng commented on On linearity: straight lines, linear operators and the Fourier transform   abhipray.com/posts/sigpro... · Posted by u/bayeng
pps43 · 7 years ago
The article gives two definitions of linearity:

1) f(x) is linear if f(x)=(-a2/a1)x-b, and later

2) f(x) is linear if f(x1+x2)=f(x1)+f(x2)

But the function f(x)=x+1 is linear according to (1), but not according to (2). And there is no mention of affine functions, so it's not immediately clear why the same word is used to mean different things.

bayeng · 7 years ago
Good point, I'll patch it.

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