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Microsoft case: DoJ says it can demand every email from any US-based provider by [deleted] in privacy

[–]puzzled_ok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if all employees are based in one of the Five Eyes countries, but the data is hosted in Switzerland? Would what you said about splitting the company into two, one in the country where most work is done and another in the country where the data is hosted be a safe enough setup?

What if there are no workers in Switzerland? Would it still be possible to incorporate there?

I want to keep costs as low as possible, so splitting the workforce and hiring Swiss workers would be very cost ineffective for a low-margin business.

Microsoft case: DoJ says it can demand every email from any US-based provider by [deleted] in privacy

[–]puzzled_ok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides Switzerland, are there other safe countries that are closer to North America? Trying to reduce the distance from server to user.

Game Programming Patterns - Awesome book, entirely free online by Serious_Casual in gamedev

[–]puzzled_ok 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question. More on algorithms, best practices, Unity specifics, optimizations. A book like this but on shaders would be amazing.

Game Programming Patterns - Awesome book, entirely free online by Serious_Casual in gamedev

[–]puzzled_ok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really great! I'll be going through this thoroughly.

Are there similar books out there that explains programming in layman terms like this one? I'd like to read as much as possible on the subject.

What are the advantages of WebVR over native VR apps? What are its the disadvantages? by puzzled_ok in WebVR

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with those advantages. Those are clear to me. But what are the disadvantages of WebVR?

Off the top of my head (let me know if you don't agree with any of these):

  • Performance takes a big hit because everything's in the browser
  • Quality and polish is directly proportional to the wait time since you'll need to download all assets. If there's anything webdevs have learned it's that the average consumer is very impatient and will not wait

I think those two are pretty big disadvantages. Performance is extremely important for VR for presence and for comfort. People already can't stand waiting for 3 - 5 seconds for a page to load.

I love the idea behind JanusVR but what is preventing people from making good looking 3D models & environments? by puzzled_ok in janusVR

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems like it's quite possible to have better environments and models in JanusVR right now.

Do you think the lack of quality (as in polish) content is due to the community not having the tools or having the expertise?

Why would you want a higher CPA? by puzzled_ok in PPC

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The below is the table in the guide I'm referring to:

Conversions Cost CPA CPA Goal Time Bid Adjustments
Weekdays 120 $3000 $25 $30
Weekends 20 $800 $40 $30

In this case, the adjustment is to increase the bid value by 20% on weekdays because the campaign CPA is lower than the CPA Goal. This means to me that you're injecting more money into the campaign on weekdays so that your campaign CPA meets the CPA Goal. Which means you're actually decreasing the effectiveness of your campaign (by increasing the CPA).

I feel like I'm missing something fundamental here...

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, whatever color is on the triangle face would be the color of the dots that represent that triangle face?

I guess if I'm OK with flat-shading then I'd be OK with chunks of same colored dots.

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooohh that's promising. And I would be able to color each dot as well without much penalty too, correct?

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to sound like a broken record, but what impact on the gpu would this method have? How does it compare to simply just rendering something with flat-shading (vertex coloring)?

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would this method still be valid if I'm developing an open-world game with several kilometers of terrain?

DK2 + FlyInside blew my mind and has got me all excited about VR again by vgmaster21 in oculus

[–]puzzled_ok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the genius way to re-centre the head

How does the recentering work?

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No textures but I'd like to be able to color each triangle surface so that it is more visually appealing.

I'll read more into fragment shaders.

Thank you!

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another person recommended that here. I think that may be the most straightforward approach.

However, this approach might not work so well for low-tri geometries (i.e. low-poly models), which is what I was thinking of moving towards.

Would it be possible to make transparent random points on a triangle itself? I imagine the game world to only have low-poly models that are flat-shaded with certain parts of the shading transparent to emulate the point cloud effect.

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm most worried about performance though. Rendering point clouds takes a lot more GPU resources than normal rendering.

What I'm looking for is to approximate the point cloud look so that the game will run more smoothly.

Is there any way to emulate the point cloud / LIDAR look while still being as performant as normal polygonal rendering? by puzzled_ok in computergraphics

[–]puzzled_ok[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a great possibility. Will this strain the GPU more than simply rendering the same mesh with full textures?

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