Alex Evans on the Dreams Engine and Learning from Failure

Media Molecule · Talk · 31 min · 2015 · YouTube title: Alex Evans at Umbra Ignite 2015: Learning From Failure

Why it's here

HN calls it an inspirational must-see on SDF rendering and a favorite tech talk for graphics programmers.

What it covers

Media Molecule's Alex Evans recounts the journey, including the failures, of finding the Dreams engine, based on his Siggraph 2015 talk. It covers the signed-distance-field and splat-based rendering approach and the artistic goals behind it.