Partikel_accelleration_on_GPU
Creative
particle simulation
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Partikel_accelleration_on_GPU
Particle Simulation with OpenGL compute shader – 8M particles
github.com#opengl compute shader#gpu particle simulation#particle system#gpu acceleration
How HN took it
5 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Docs: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks cool and useful as a reference for compute shaders
From 3 comments
If you like it, I will record and post a video of it this evening.
EllipticCurve on HNPlease do this.
bronz on HNYes, please!
Abundnce10 on HN
Objections
Does not run on OS X because it needs OpenGL 4.3 and OS X supports only 4.1
From 2 comments
Nice! It's a bit unfortunate that OSX doesn't support OpenGL 4.3 which is needed for this project. It currently only supports OpenGl 4.1. I'm currently toying around with a…
__mp on HNTurns out, there is not. No way to get over OpenGL 4.1 on OSX, sorry...
EllipticCurve on HN
Lacks a demo video and is hard to build in current state
From 1 comment
a video would be cool. nobody is going to bother to get the code and build it, especially in the state its in. i'm not really sure what this proves beyond the power of the…
jheriko on HN
Unclear what it proves beyond hardware power
From 1 comment
a video would be cool. nobody is going to bother to get the code and build it, especially in the state its in. i'm not really sure what this proves beyond the power of the…
jheriko on HN
Requests
Video of the simulation
From 3 comments
Please do this.
bronz on HNYes, please!
Abundnce10 on HNIt would be much appreciated.
meagain20000 on HN
Port to other platforms such as Linux and Mac
From 2 comments
"In the future, we are committed to bringing it to other platforms, starting with Linux..." Nice to see a change of heart.
JoshuaJB on HNFrom what I've read, you can get pretty good performance on an iPad Pro. Here's 8M pixels: http://flexmonkey.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-first-look-at-metal-performance-on.html The…
melling on HN
Questions
What are cool snippets of code in the repo?
From 1 comment
What are some cool snippets of code in this repo? I realize A) that's a loaded question and B) it's all very cool. Just curious if any readers have come across any "Whoa that's…
prezjordan on HN
Alternatives named
ParticleLab, a Metal-based particle simulation for iOS and macOS
From 1 comment
From what I've read, you can get pretty good performance on an iPad Pro. Here's 8M pixels: http://flexmonkey.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-first-look-at-metal-performance-on.html The…
melling on HN