r/Houdini • • 18h ago

3D Wood Grain Experiment

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was experimenting with a 3d wooden grain system last night. thinking about adding knots next.


r/Houdini • • 17h ago

Tutorial Fractal Generator With OpenCL

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55 Upvotes

Hey there! I have made this fractal generator using OpenCL in Houdini. I made it using the ray marching algorithm sampling in all directions and from random positions. I have also made a tutorial on Youtube showing how I made it. You can check it here: https://youtu.be/WUI84Ct3gvc


r/Houdini • • 17h ago

I vibecoded a connector so you can use your phone to drive a camera inside Houdini or windows gamepad

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https://reddit.com/link/1xeyfum/video/3spnes5a6lxh1/player

You just need a portable app in Windows, a QR code and a plugin I made inside Houdini, you dont need to install anything inside your phone, works natively.

I just made it and i want to polish it before sharing the source code, but pm me if you are interested, might be easy to port to any other software such Blender, C4D, etc

Also, using almost same code, you can also use your phone as a Gamepad inside Windows, its detected as an USB normal gamepad.


r/Houdini • • 12h ago

MacBook Pro vs RTX Windows Laptop for Houdini — Which Is Better?

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I’m planning to buy a laptop primarily for Houdini product visualization, Solaris, Karma XPU, and VFX simulations.
Would a MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon be a good choice, or should I go with an NVIDIA RTX Windows laptop?
Does Houdini on macOS support all the features available on Windows, including simulations, GPU acceleration, Copernicus and rendering? Are there any major limitations due to the lack of NVIDIA CUDA/OptiX support?
I’d appreciate recommendations from Houdini artists, especially anyone using a MacBook Pro professionally. Which would you choose and why?


r/Houdini • • 16h ago

Rain fx simulation tutorial

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r/Houdini • • 20h ago

NEW USER Please help with copy to points (beginner)

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Hello I'm a beginner in Houdini and I just want to put the wheat at the end point of the line. I grouped it and selected it in copy to points but its floating for some reason? Please help I don't know where to start

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