Simon O'Connor

Manager, Graphics Engineering @unity
Personal account; tweets are my own personal opinion

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

Hey, any low-level graphics engineers in Montreal looking for a new job?

Come and join my team at Unity, working on key features for our Graphics Device:

https://t.co/SCGP4nclOH

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@Depthperpixel @SebAaltonen Zxxx

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@DailyPacMan Great interview. I have fond memories of that kick-off design session in Cardigan Bay :)

Thought you might like this: https://t.co/E0zUP0e7Ek

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

I just made little blog post about the CD detection code I wrote for Pac-Man: Adventures in Time, 24ish years ago!

https://t.co/IVMARF5Izs

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

I just made little blog post about the CD detection code I wrote for Pac-Man: Adventures in Time, 24ish years ago!

https://t.co/IVMARF5Izs

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@Vialixia @cynicalbugger So sorry to hear that Sally. We lost our cat to cancer a couple of years ago. Could never replace her, but Tessa who came into our lives after helped us with the grief

[Kecho @kechogarcia]

Free demo for @HaroldHalobut is out! a glimpse of the materpiece the slowbros studios has created for you all using unity HDRP. We've been working hard optimizing and ensuring this game really shines and the best part: almost all improvements have made it to the LTS.

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@JohnNejady At the lowest LOD, the cars are sprites and the far away scenery collapses into imposters/nailboards. Instancing trickery for nearby cars. ISTR high LOD buildings were a 2nd vertex stream of 'detailed bits' on top of the next LOD down to allow just a shader switch

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@JohnNejady Cool. Those videos always remind me of the interesting challenges developing the graphics engine for DSF: We want to see the whole city from the sky, with lots of cars driving around, no big occluders up there to hide stuff, all streamed from a DVD, at 60Hz 😅

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@nice_byte AO tells you the concave bits where dust will 'gather', so I'd probably start there for a light base coating of dust. For the bigger blobs of dust, perhaps a copy of the mesh tessellated and displaced, or particles. The lighting of the dust is very diffuse which may yield tricks.

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@drivermadness Probably not (those HDDs are locked down in the vaults at @UbiReflections), but I'll keep you posted if I do come across anything 😀

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

I wonder what treasures (and tat) from my software dev history I'll find on these (top one has a whole 1.27GB storage) #DigitalPreservation #gamedevelopment

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@Vialixia Sadly, like weather systems, it's part of a pattern that the industry has seen before. Stronger local investment would be a good start.

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@Triang3l Vulkan's Mantle bloodline probably helps here?

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

Hey @JosephJoseph - where can I get a replacement paring knife for this set? I had a bit of a cooking mishap and now the other knives are missing their friend😳 - I do like the way the handle turns into a smiling face when melted 🤣

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@Vialixia Red Rover (Joe Stevens's new company) are/were after someone to build/lead CM on a new IP. Offices in Newcastle & Oslo

[Sebastian Aaltonen @SebAaltonen]

Today I am talking at REAC 2023 about "Modern Mobile Rendering @ HypeHype". 8:15 Pacific Time. Free registration gives you access to video stream and Discord server to ask questions.

https://t.co/ldEJXR6jTX

[Aras Pranckevičius 🇺🇦🇱🇹 @aras_p]

Finally a good writeup of massive amount of work that was "incremental player build pipeline" in Unity: https://t.co/2YqbuKllkk

[Simon O'Connor @SiMono3D]

@6502nerd @KevEdwardsRetro @0xC0DE6502 I interviewed at @RareLtd about 30 years ago and I think that was the answer to one of the interview questions (or very similar, some flavour that needed a sign extend) :D