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Best Computer graphics & rendering Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 23 Computer graphics & rendering talks from a 112-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013), A Deep Dive into Nanite Virtualized Geometry, and Alex Evans at Umbra Ignite 2015: Learning From Failure. The broader topic archive has 698 labeled comments across 2009–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    The Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)

    13 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Linux & open-source ecosystems; the recorded mentions span 2013–2026.

    13 recommenders
  2. 2
    A Deep Dive into Nanite Virtualized Geometry

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2021–2026.

    7 recommenders
  3. 3
    Alex Evans at Umbra Ignite 2015: Learning From Failure

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    7 recommenders
  4. 4
    [JSConfUS 2013] Steven Wittens: Making WebGL Dance

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2013–2021.

    5 recommenders
  5. 5
    GPUs to Mars: Full-Scale Simulation of SpaceX's Mars Rocket Engine

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Space exploration & spaceflight; the recorded mentions span 2015–2024.

    5 recommenders
  6. 6
    Halide Talk

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2014–2021.

    5 recommenders
  7. 7
    World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Animation & visual effects; the recorded mentions span 2019–2026.

    4 recommenders
  8. 8
    EPC2018 | Wave Function Collapse in Bad North | Oskar Stalberg

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game programming & engines; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.

    4 recommenders
  9. 9
    The real story behind Wayland and X

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Linux & open-source ecosystems; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.

    4 recommenders
  10. 10
    Procedurally Crafting Manhattan for Marvel's Spider-Man

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game programming & engines; the recorded mentions span 2019–2022.

    3 recommenders
  11. 11
    NVScene 2015 Session: How to Create Content with Signed Distance Functions (Johann Korndörfer)

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2017–2018.

    3 recommenders
  12. 12
    Procedural World Generation of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 | Etienne Carrier | Houdini HIVE Utrecht

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2019–2022.

    3 recommenders
  13. 13
    50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about History of computing; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    2 recommenders
  14. 14
    Makepad: Designing modern UIs with Rust - Rik Arends - RustNL 2023

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2023–2024.

    2 recommenders
  15. 15
    [Linux.conf.au 2013] - The real story behind Wayland and X

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Linux & open-source ecosystems; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.

    2 recommenders
  16. 16
    HandmadeCon 2016 - History of Software Texture Mapping in Games

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game programming & engines; the recorded mentions span 2021–2022.

    2 recommenders
  17. 17
    GuiltyGearXrd's Art Style : The X Factor Between 2D and 3D

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    2 recommenders
  18. 18
    Erik Jansson - GPU driven Rendering with Mesh Shaders in Alan Wake 2

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2024–2025.

    2 recommenders
  19. 19
    CppCon 2019: Matt Godbolt “Path Tracing Three Ways: A Study of C++ Style”

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    1 recommenders
  20. 20
    Fastest browser engine by far at 500 FPS! Servo Webrender - CSS on the GPU part 1: Rust

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2017–2017.

    1 recommenders
  21. 21
    Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Postmortem

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Indie game development; the recorded mentions span 2020–2022.

    1 recommenders
  22. 22
    XDC 2020 - Day 1 - September 16, 2020

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Linux & open-source ecosystems; the recorded mentions span 2020–2022.

    1 recommenders
  23. 23
    Rendering Tiny Glades With Entirely Too Much Ray Marching

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer graphics & rendering; the recorded mentions span 2024–2025.

    1 recommenders