Jonathan Thompson

I create software systems to make synchronized light & visual shows. I frequently work with TouchDesigner and GLSL shaders.

[NYT Advertising @nytadvertising]

It is with a heavy heart that we are closing our doors after 10 incredible years together. Thank you to all of our clients, collaborators and, of course, all the Fake Lovers. We are eternally grateful for your support.

<3

[William Chyr @WilliamChyr]

Manifold Garden was in development for 7 years. Here's a video showing how the art style evolved over time. There wasn't ever one BIG change that made it all work, but rather many small changes overtime. A lot of the core elements were in place in 2014, but had to be refined.

[Blair Neal @laserpilot]

It took a minute to put together, but here is my essay on the legacy of Fake Love and what it has meant to me after 10 years of leading the creative technology team there. Thank you all for your support over the years. cc @makefakelove https://t.co/Q9qGaFNJ7U

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

Congrats to @WilliamChyr for wrapping what has been my most anticipated artistic game for years! Looking forward to playing it soon.

[William Chyr @WilliamChyr]

Manifold Garden will be coming to Steam on October 20th, 2020.

To celebrate, a free demo will be available tomorrow as part of the Steam Game Festival: Autumn Edition.

Wishlist today: https://t.co/xNsoKBkVUz

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@MacTuitui This looks so slick! Did you manually program 2D raycasting for this?

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@ulyssespopple Congrats!!!

[LEGO @LEGO_Group]

The evolution of the truck is here. Guaranteed shatterproof 😬

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@NotionHQ - Absolutely loving your product, it's everything I want in an organizational app! However, I see you use @fullstory as a dependency. Does this mean your or their employees can view session replays? Can replays with sensitive data & keystrokes can be viewed directly?

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

Still from a dome piece I created! Heavy use of vertex & geometry #shaders and #touchdesigner to visualize the audio spectrogram of a song.

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@NotionHQ Thanks for the amazing software! Lifechanging! RFE - Could you add a keyboard shortcut to add a new card to a board? Right now it seems the only way to do this solely from the keyboard is to `ctrl-d` duplicate a card and then edit all of the properties.

[NYUAD_IM @NYUAD_IM]

Learning about shaders and the GPU with @pointshader #PCD2019 #PCDAbuDhabi

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@Aero4Real Missed this! In the version of my system we ended up using for the tour, #ableton automation is sent to #TouchDesigner via OSC. So it's real time, but then there's additional systems that compensate for that latency :)

[James Ryan @xfoml]

this interesting article appeared in an issue of IEEE Spectrum (Oct. 1967)

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@patriciogv @pixelspiritdeck Can't wait for mine to get in!

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@patriciogv Your #PixelSpirit deck is amazing! Are the cards shipping immediately or preorder? If preorder, when is release? Top notch work!

[Kuva @wearekuva]

Projection mapping 2 - Multi-Screen + Object Mode @htcvive @otoy #realtime #webgl #threejs #octanerender #webvr 📽️📽️

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@shoofle That's fair too!

[Jonathan Thompson @pointshader]

@shoofle It's literally just extra tracking/surveillance, and a layer of connections that will break over time making old articles useless.