Computer Graphics & Rendering Videos Hacker News Recommends
Computer graphics & rendering videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering ray tracing, path tracing, shaders, GPU rendering, real-time graphics, SIGGRAPH, procedural generation, simulation, volumetric displays, physics-based rendering.
95 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48
Most recommended computer graphics & rendering videos
The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.
explainer#27The Beauty of Bézier Curves
Freya Holmér
“it's genuinely one of the best math/graphics/explainer videos ever made”
16 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
explainer#38The Continuity of Splines
Freya Holmér
“is (IMHO) one of the best educational videos on a programming topic, full stop.”
10 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
demo#65elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
“It demonstrated that 4k was more than sufficient for impressive effects and music”
7 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
tutorial#108Painting a Character with Maths
Inigo Quilez
“he's a master of this stuff and a great explainer.”
13 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
talk#134The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)
Mladen Mijatov
“incredibly funny and educational talk[1] from 2013”
13 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
talk#143A Deep Dive into Nanite Virtualized Geometry
SIGGRAPH Advances in Real-Time Rendering
“This siggraph session will expand your mind”
7 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
lecture#198Siggraph2019 Geometric Algebra
Bivector
“just watch this mind blowing video”
8 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
tutorial#392I painted a Landscape with Mathematics
Inigo Quilez
“My favorite video of his is Painting a Landscape with Maths.”
7 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
demo#410Elevated by RGBA and TBC
BUTTONTANG
“you'll have a hard time believing it if you haven't seen it yet”
7 HN recommenders · 2009–2025
tutorial#463Creating a Doom-style 3D engine in C
Bisqwit
“My favourite programming YouTuber by a long stretch.”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2019
demo#575Coding Adventure: Ant and Slime Simulations
Sebastian Lague
“reminded how beautiful coding can be”
6 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
talk#606Alex Evans at Umbra Ignite 2015: Learning From Failure
Media Molecule
“the Dreams presentation which is an inspirational must see”
7 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
demo#620Ivan Sutherland Sketchpad Demo 1963
Interface Studies
“It blows me away that this kind of UI was even conceived in the 1960s.”
5 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
talk#710World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert
Blender
4 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
talk#716EPC2018 | Wave Function Collapse in Bad North | Oskar Stalberg
BUas Games
“has some great talks on YouTube about how the systems in Bad North and Townscaper work.”
4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
talk#744[JSConfUS 2013] Steven Wittens: Making WebGL Dance
JSConf
“It's a fantastic, FANTASTIC tour of 3D graphics fundamentals.”
5 HN recommenders · 2013–2021
explainer#756Computer Color is Broken
minutephysics
“I found minutephysics' treatment of this subject to be really pleasant and easy to grok.”
4 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
talk#837GPUs to Mars: Full-Scale Simulation of SpaceX's Mars Rocket Engine
insideHPC Report
“This talk was given at NVIDIA GTC 2015 and inspired me to go into manufacturing”
5 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
talk#886The real story behind Wayland and X
Linux.conf.au 2013 -- Canberra, Australia
“It is quite fun and eye opening, he clearly knows his subject better than most of the comments.”
4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
demo#924fr-08: .the .product by farbrausch | 64k intro (2000) (720p HQ demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
“not very many 64Ks have reached the amazingness”
2 HN recommenders · 2016–2020
lecture#983Marc Levoy - Lectures on Digital Photography - Lecture 1 (21mar16).mp4
Marc Levoy
“It's short and fun, I recommend it to all HN readers.”
5 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
demo#997.kkrieger - The FPS Game in 96KB (Full Gameplay)
Daniel Hands
“I suggest that you look at the result in awe”
3 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
demo#1083ASCII fluid dynamics -- IOCCC2012 endoh1.c
Yusuke Endoh
“truly a work of art”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
demo#1086Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise)
AngeTheGreat
“AngeTheGreat's incredible video series showing his engine simulator- absolutely worth checking out”
4 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
demo#1130SYMBOLICS S-PACKAGES 3D GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION DEMO
Red Martian
“I really enjoyed the Symbolics graphics and animations demo[0] linked in the article.”
4 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
demo#1154Dual Photography
mm648230
“Skip ahead to 4:19 for a succinct demo.”
4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
explainer#1160Atari's Quadrascan Explained
Retro Game Mechanics Explained
“There’s an excellent video by Retro Game Mechanics Explained on how they work”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
talk#1204Halide Talk
Andrew Adams
“The best way to understand it is probably to watch the video, which is relatively long but explains things clearly”
5 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
demo#1224Refterm v2 - Resource usage, binary splat, glyph sizing, and more
Molly Rocket
“Casey Muratori produced a highly correct Unicode renderer with correct VT code support. Watch the video”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
explainer#1255Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained
runevision
“a 4-days old video related to dithering which is really worth watching.”
3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
tutorial#1286FreeCAD 0.20 For Beginners | 1 | Setup , preferences and navigation | Easy Tutorial for Learning CAD
MangoJelly Solutions for FreeCAD
“MangoJelly does an excellent work on that.”
3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
demo#1352NOTCURSES III: THE SAGA CONTINUES (1080P)
Nick Black
“the WTF effect that video had on me lasted quite a while.”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
tutorial#1401Blender 3.0 Beginner Tutorial - Part 1
Blender Guru
“the Donut tutorial is great.”
4 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
demo#1447Farbrausch - fr-041: debris. [HD]
kb
“If you want to really show off the demoscene, try Farbrausch - fr-041.”
4 HN recommenders · 2010–2026
explainer#1480Superpositions, Sudoku, the Wave Function Collapse algorithm.
Martin Donald
“I found them hard to understand until I found this video by Martin Donald”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
demo#1498Sketchpad, by Dr. Ivan Sutherland with comments by Alan Kay
David Carroll
“one of Alan Kay's favorite demos over the years has been to show folks Sketchpad,”
3 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
talk#1502Procedurally Crafting Manhattan for Marvel's Spider-Man
GDC Festival of Gaming
“There's a great talk about Procedurally Generating Manhattan for Spiderman that's worth watching”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
demo#1766Future Crew - Second Reality (1993) [60fps]
DemosceneVids
“Future Crew's 2nd Reality demo, for those that haven't seen it”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
talk#1828NVScene 2015 Session: How to Create Content with Signed Distance Functions (Johann Korndörfer)
NVScene
“this is an excellent talk on the subject”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
tutorial#1888Learn to Paint with Mathematics
Inigo Quilez
“Watch "Learn to paint with mathematics" to see a simple shader being built gradually”
3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
demo#1941New Voxel Engine Reveal - Crystal Islands Experiment
John Lin
“Crystal Island looks amazingly detailed and smooth.”
2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
demo#1986Hyperbolica: A Non-Euclidean Adventure [Old Trailer]
CodeParade
“CodeParade has been working on hyperbolica for a while now and doing fantastic videos on the process.”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
explainer#20053D Gaussian Splatting - Why Graphics Will Never Be The Same
IndividualKex
“I really enjoyed this succinct YouTube video on the topic, for those interested in a primer”
3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
talk#203350TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
University of Utah
“It's a very interesting presentation, from the history to the mechanics of how it works, to the possibilities.”
2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
tutorial#2050I wrote a Raytracer for DOS, 16 VGA colors
Bisqwit
“Bisqwit's discussion of dithering is outstanding”
2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
explainer#2053Exclusive: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Analysis - The First Triple-A Game Built Around Ray Tracing
Digital Foundry
“is a good overview of why this is such a huge leap forward for developers and players alike.”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
talk#2054Procedural World Generation of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 | Etienne Carrier | Houdini HIVE Utrecht
Houdini
“You may enjoy this talk, the devs for Far Cry 5 procedurally generated quite a lot of their world”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
explainer#21193D Gaussian Splatting! - Computerphile
Computerphile
“Here's a much better explainer from some people who seem to actually understand the subject matter and not just the buzzwords”
3 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
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