iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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I3D Symposium @i3dsymposium.org · 06/07/2026

Kayvon Fatahalian's incredible I3D 2026 Keynote: "Let's not forget... Creating great Interactive 3D worlds requires designing great interactions." is now available on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/2saysRbaOX0. #I3D2026

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 22/06/2026

It’s my birthday! I have one humble gift request: your last AI image prompt. No context. No cheating. Thank u bb

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Kostas Anagnostou @kostasanagnostou.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Minimal Retroreflective Microfacet Model jcgt.org/published/00...

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 20/05/2026

This has me thinking. Lmk if it has you, too, thinking

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 20/05/2026

Google’s presser was so good that I’m begrudgingly looking up XLA tutorials and considering changing my online handle from SIMD Crawford to Crossbarbra Streisand

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I3D Symposium @i3dsymposium.org · 13/05/2026

We're starting today! #I3D2026

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 09/05/2026

I was reluctant to take the role of General co-Chair for I3D in a year I was switching jobs and having a child, but people’s willingness to lovingly contribute was something I simply didn’t account for. The program is amazing. I hope you show up. i3dsymposium.org

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 05/05/2026

Huge news: Naty Hoffman will be speaking at I3D 2026. I spent a lot of time brainstorming with him on the appropriate talk to give on the year he retires, and I think what he has is something every researcher will need to hear. Sorry for hyping, but I’m pumped.

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

New post on data centers and land use, where I go into my manifesto for why we should trust farmers less open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...

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Data center land use issues are fake

We have plenty of land, data centers provide more revenue per unit area than any other building, and we should have way less farmland

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I3D Symposium @i3dsymposium.org · 01/05/2026

We’re excited to welcome Kayvon Fatahalian as a keynote speaker at I3D 2026. More details: i3dsymposium.org/2026/keynote... Register here: i3dsymposium.org/2026/registr...

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Keynote Presentations | I3D 2026

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 01/05/2026

Last year I became the caretaker of a 1991 Firebird previously used by Mark Weber of Pulp, during DIFFERENT CLASS, THIS IS HARDCORE and WE LOVE LIFE. I’d like to hang it on a wall, but Firebirds are impossible to hang, so I am forced to play it.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 29/04/2026

Graphics / Games students: Sign up to volunteer at @i3dsymposium.org! We're looking for student volunteers for the duration of the conference. Priority will be given to students local to the bay area. DM me or email general@i3dsymposium.org .

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I3D Symposium @i3dsymposium.org · 28/04/2026

Watch the Papers Preview video for I3D 2026! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWJx... More info on the conference and registration at our website: i3dsymposium.org/2026/ #I3D2026

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I3D 2026 Papers Preview

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 27/04/2026

Counting my blessings: My very young human is fascinated by me playing music. This means I’ve gotten a lot better this past 2 months

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Will Smith @willsmithvision.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Excited to announce our latest (submitted to) SIGBOVIK 2026 @harryqbovik.bsky.social paper: "SchmidhubAI: Accurate Historical Paper Attribution". We built an AI system that, given any modern AI paper, automatically determines which of its ideas were already published by Jürgen Schmidhuber.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 26/03/2026

1. Sad that the Verse programming language is cancelled. It had some brilliant ideas that got tainted by only being available in lisp-likes 2. Beyond sentimental value, it doesn’t matter. Programming languages don’t matter anymore

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 19/03/2026

sed -i '' 's/❎ Have Child/✅ Have Child/g' TODO.txt

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I3D Symposium @i3dsymposium.org · 03/03/2026

The Registration for I3D 2026 is now open! Early bird prices are available until 17th of April, so make sure to register by then for the best price! View the full details at: i3dsymposium.org/2026/registr... #I3D2026

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Conference Registration | I3D 2026

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Being interdisciplinary mostly means everyone agrees your work is interesting but not for their journal.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 20/01/2026

Chairing a conference is basically a flex of soft skills, what with writing soliciting emails, fitting a budget, and enforcing deadlines. No wonder scientists hate it.

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Mor Naaman @informor.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Has there even been a better example of externalities? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/t...

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Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save U.S. Airlines $580 Million Per Year

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 19/01/2026

The coming @i3dsymposium.org will take place this May on the Lucasfilm campus in SF. I will be serving as General Co-Chair. We rely on industry collaborations and sponsorships to keep the quality high. If you’re in a position to make I3D better, email: info@omershapira.com. i3dsymposium.org/2026/

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hardmaru @hardmaru.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

One of my favorite findings: Positional embeddings are just training wheels. They help convergence but hurt long-context generalization. We found that if you simply delete them after pretraining and recalibrate for <1% of the original budget, you unlock massive context windows. Smarter, not harder.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 06/01/2026

Here’s my playlist of 50 bangers (not anthems) from 2025. Have a listen, maybe you’ll hear something you missed. Happy new year. Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3xy...

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OS 2025 : 50

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Yuval Pinter @uvp.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

who decided to call it "computational social science" and not "virtue signal processing"

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ceruleite.bsky.social @ceruleite.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

#SIGGRAPH2025 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games course talk recording of "FAST AS HELL: IDTECH8 GLOBAL ILLUMINATION" by @idsoftwaretiago.bsky.social from id Software is now online: youtu.be/VTrdeqMMMK0?... Enjoy!

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SIGGRAPH 2025 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games: Fast as Hell: idTech8 Global Illumination

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 29/12/2025

NEWS. I recently moved to Meta to work on AI for headsets and input systems. My focus since the beginning of my Engineering career has been “Intelligence Close to the Senses”, and this feels like a natural step in the same direction. I’ll still be active in AI and Graphics conferences.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 16/11/2025

Nothing like spending hundreds of hours building a guitar from wood and wire to make you appreciate that you can purchase a precision-machined electric instrument with wood from 3 continents and rare earths from a fourth on Black Friday for the cost of 2 family meals

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nicebyte @nicebyte.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

from Gabe Gear to GabeCube

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 11/11/2025

Headed to Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul this month. Come say hi!

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/07/2025

y'ever see my blog post about Max Payne 2's character shadows? got some good Remedy dev scoops in there www.joewintergreen.com/dev-scoops-m...

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 08/11/2025

I’m hearing The Youths are big into Britpop this year. So I made a playlist of strictly Britpop bangers that Spotify would never recommend you open.spotify.com/playlist/3Fa...

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New Labour: Britpop Cratedig

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 03/11/2025

Building a guitar from some CAD files and industrial parts. Shockingly simple if you already have a neck

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 03/11/2025

Determinism begins at home

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 13/10/2025

Not sleeping tonight. The hostages will be released in 6 hours.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 24/09/2025

Shana Tova. Peace in our lifetime.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 15/08/2025

WITCHING HOUR by Ladytron was released 20 years ago today. It was the highlight of the year for me, and helped me yearn for beauty at a time my life had very little of it. Give this album a listen. It still sounds like it was made 5 years in the future. youtu.be/esxxpR4SVPU?...

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Ladytron - Weekend

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 14/08/2025

If you're at SIGGRAPH, don't miss our presentation on GAIA: Generate 3D Gaussian animatable avatars with identity & expression control and real-time animation – All from in-the-wild data. 📅 Talk: Aug 14, 9 AM PDT – West Bldg, Rm 211–214 🎮 Live demo @ E-Tech research.nvidia.com/labs/amri/pr...

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GAIA: Generative Animatable Interactive Avatars with Expression-conditioned Gaussians

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 12/08/2025

Chat render me a “babe it’s not the same without you” text from a graphics person in Vancouver

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 11/08/2025

Coming into the office today like

The book cover for "All my friends are dead" edited to say "All my friends are at SIGGRAPH"

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 10/08/2025

SIGGRAPH’s response to concerns about safety in Kuala Lumpur is “thank you for your letter”. Disappointing. I wasn’t planning on attending because the birthplace on my passport precludes me from being safe in Malaysia - but I guess this is now everybody’s problem. www.siggraph.org/news/listeni...

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Listening, Acknowledging, & Recommitting to Our Community - ACM SIGGRAPH

Dear colleagues, As many are aware, an open letter was sent to the Executive Committee (EC) expressing concern about the selection of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the location for SIGGRAPH […]

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 08/08/2025

Bummed to miss SIGGRAPH this year, really really bummed. If I hear any of you are doing computer graphics without me, I’ll fuck you up

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 07/08/2025

If you want to see what an awesome endeavor the US government is, this account is useful.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 06/08/2025

Paper snip of me w/ the IDF high commander, printed Aug. 5 2005. I volunteered to participate in the removal of Israeli settlements in the Gaza strip. I thought I could do nothing more important for the future of coexistence. Today, exactly 20 yrs later, Netanyahu reversed this move. Heartbroken.

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Omer Shapira @omershapira.com · 03/08/2025

I would pay for a WandB feature that adds football fan sounds to the loss curve view

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