Just got my author’s copy of the Korean edition

There's a short (~3.5 minutes) bit about Secrets of the Empire on the latest Star Wars Show: youtu.be/J4mSlKf-vgY?t=3m41s

Nice! Another way to show the effect is to put it on a light vs dark background:

I swear by this one…

At the new PBS course I'm doing a survey instead of the usual intro. 1st-time attendees can see last year's intro at youtu.be/j-A0mwsJRmk?t=1m9s

Video of my intro to the 2015 Physically Based Shading course was posted on the SIGGRAPH YouTube channel: youtu.be/j-A0mwsJRmk?t=1m9s

Holy fuck CES...

@TimothyLottes thanks, indeed an interesting paper. I found this image especially thought-provoking:

The master of microfacets @eric_heitz strikes again - a must read! eheitzresearch.wordpress.com…

Very interesting real-time area light specular technique, based on Arvo's 1995 paper. SIGGRAPH Talk w. video: youtube.com/watch?v=O3TG1VXx…