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No, I hadn't found that paper. Their approach isn't too dissimilar from what I'm doing in the plugin, barring the geometric base (mesh vs guide hairs). The mesh-based approach allows for some advantages in terms of how the strands are distributed, but I don't think that's actually the special...

Sorry to hear it =( In theory it should work similar to VAM's built-in high heels, but yeah, there might be issues.

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: Various fixes and optimizations Read the rest of this update entry...

An assortment of small performance changes. I get maybe 20-25% more FPS on a complex hair, but mileage will vary. Some fixes with mirrored surfaces and additional cameras - one step closer to working VR Reworked Phong Tangent - shading should be a bit smoother now

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: Fixing Self-Shadow Jitter Read the rest of this update entry...

Small update. The jitter added to soften self-shadows was interfering with the hair texture. It's default off and tunable now.

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: Volumetric Self-Shadowing Read the rest of this update entry...

Added voxel-based volumentric self-shadowing. It eats into perf, but usually worth it. A moderate performance boost from better parallelization of some geometry calculations Fixes for multiple hairs (Still need a separate instance of the plugin per - sorry)

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: Geometry changes - Various fixes Read the rest of this update entry...

I've revamped how spread and alignment works. The various spread sliders were removed. There are now four primary controls: Root and tip radius - the spread at the root/tip Root and tip skin alignment - how much the root/tip follows the skin Before, sub-hairs were always rendered radially...

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: Better perf - a few fixes Read the rest of this update entry...

I tore out the Impostor render mode. It's Compute-only now as that seems to be the better long-term bet Tweaks to the k-buffer that should result in significantly better performance at K=4 (default) Immediately ate into the perf improvement with some occlusion fixes, but should still be a net...

No, it's not you. This uses some uncommon rendering techniques so making VR work will take some effort. I do have a headset to test with and it's on the list, though.

The Compute mode bypasses Unity's regular rendering pipeline, so there's bound to be some issues. What GPU are you running? Can you also try version 2 to see if that helps? I reshuffled some things in v3 to free up buffers for better AA.

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: Improved AA Read the rest of this update entry...

I managed to increase the size of the k-buffer - allowing for better anti-aliasing. I also added an Analytic Coverage toggle, which makes the AA cheaper. The end result is better-looking hair for more or less the same performance Before After

Stopper updated [Experimental] AlternativeHairPhysics with a new update entry: New Render Model Read the rest of this update entry...

I've built a new render mode - Compute. Impostor rendered hairs on a bunch of transparent 'cards', which VAM rasterized pixel by pixel even though they were mostly transparent. Compute instead has one card, which is rasterized manually. The end result is a huge improvement in FPS - better than...

If you're talking about the physics explosion when you scale then maybe, but only when (if?) I actually get to the original purpose of replacing the hair simulator. In the current version, yes. It's not a hard fix to apply it to all hairs, I just haven't done it yet.

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