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The Drive Home - ShaderToy

The Art of Code · 11.1K views · 2017-07-05 · 2:01

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Overview

A short ShaderToy piece by Martijn Steinrucken (The Art of Code) that renders rain on a windshield during a night drive, with blurred bokeh lights. It is set to music.

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Shared as a stunning shader demo, with praise for its clear explanations of how it works.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2017–2022

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Creative coding & generative artComputer graphics & rendering
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shadertoyglslrain effectbokehprocedural graphics

What people said

mdtusz · 2022-09 · Recommendation

This reminds me of this video: [VIDEO] He does incredible work with shaders and explains them in very clear detail.

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dahart · 2017-10 · Recommendation

What an awesome moody shader! The bar is high on shadertoy and there are some amazing shaders, but the aesthetic of this one is a rare gem. Here's the author's video of the shader, for anyone on a device that doesn't display the shader or play the audio: [VIDEO]

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rgovostes · 2022-09 · Reference

See also Martijn Steinrucken aka BigWings's The Drive Home: ShaderToy: [LINK] [WebGL] Video: [VIDEO] / Making of: [LINK]

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