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Want a little taste of ray-tracing - you've heard the hype around ray-tracing want want to get the ball rolling - but are too busy or just don't have the time to sit down and study - this casual pocket book is your solution. Ray-tracing is replacing rasterization methods in the graphics world as new parallel technologies are being developed specifically for solving the computational bottlenecks. Dual-quaternions are now one of the standard mathematical models for representing spatial transforms - as with quaternions, they offer an efficient, robust solution that can solve a number of unique problems (e.g., interpolation and skinning challenges). After you get over the name, which can be scary, they're not bad - as Shakespeare said, 'a rose by any other name would smell as sweet' - well I can tell you, if Roses were called 'dual-quaternions', they would definetly not be as romantic :D But for spatial transforms and solving kinematic and graphical problems they're very useful (and important).
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Links.

"If you search the web, you will find what you are searching for (eventually..)" Below is a list of web pages that I think would be useful in your search for answers on various topics - development resources, news, useful downloads and more. 		 



Game News & Development

Various websites on various software engineering, development and news things
• MyPhysicsLab (http://www.myphysicslab.com)
• arachnoid (https://arachnoid.com)
• HTML Templates (https://html.com/resources/free-html-templates/)
• Website Templates (https://learning-zone.github.io/website-templates/)
• Lots of "FREE" 3D models (great for testing/learning) (You don't have to register to download them)


Resources/Tools

• Gizmo's Freeware (www.techsupportalert.com)
• Planet Source Code(www.planet-source-code.com)
• Icon/Thumbs (https://icon-icons.com/)


Generative AI

Useful resource sites if you're interested in generative AI technologies for image creation or customization
• Gencraft - AI Image Generation/Editing (https://gencraft.com)
• Clipdrop - AI Image Upscaling/Editing/Background Removal/.. (https://clipdrop.co)
• Supportive AI - Talk about your problems (https://pi.ai/talk)
• Scribble Diffusion Rough sketches to masterpieces with Scribble Diffusion using ControlNet


Graphics

Articles, websites, bits and bobs related to graphics
• Fractals and Graphics (Ray-Tracing/Folding/Modulus)


3D Models (Download - FREE! - Variety of Formats)

• https://123free3dmodels.com/ (All free)
• https://free3d.com/ (Some free)


AI Image Generation Resources (Setup and Install Yourself)

The following gives you a few examples of libraries/resources you can download and install your own generative AI setup on your own machine!

• AUTOMATIC1111 / stable-diffusion-webui — This is a free, open-source, very popular software suite that provides the StableDiffusion engine plus a popular local-Web-based user interface. Very powerful, easy to learn. Setting up requires a modest amount of technical knowledge.

• InvokeAI — Also free, a somewhat large install, significant technical knowledge required, has a nice browser-based user interface. This choice requires more of the client system than AUTOMATIC1111.

• ComfyUI — Also free and open-source. This is a common choice along more advanced users. It uses a modular user interface, also local-Web-based, more flexible than AUTOMATIC1111 but with a steeper learning curve.





Please feel free to email me your recommended homebrew software sites :)














 
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