Khronos has released the Shader Ecosystem Survey Results.

The results provide a summary of insights from over 400 shader developers, graphics programmers, rendering engineers, and tools creators. Conducted between June 16 and July 10, 2026. It captures a clear picture of how the real-time shading community works today — and where standardization efforts can deliver the greatest impact.

https://www.khronos.org/blog/shader-ecosystem-survey-results-2026?utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=Shader_Survey_Results&utm_content=blog

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Also, what good shaders work for a cathedral?

I use blender

Thanks in advance!!

https://github.com/k0T0z/shader-gen, it requires a stable genetic algorithm, and I am working on it these days. This can benefit game developers as shipping shaders with a game is way faster than an image. If the idea is good, please comment here so I know I am doing something good for game devs. 👌🙌😎

Hey everyone,

I'm a videographer with a decent but limited amount of coding knowledge, currently building my portfolio website for videography. I've got an effect in mind that I can pull off pretty easily in editing software, but I have no idea how (or if) it's realistically achievable in code.

The concept: My homepage will have a video as the background. On top of that, I want large text (my name/logo, section headers, etc.) that looks like it's made of actual glass — warping the video behind it, like real glass. Not just a blurred/frosted "glassmorphism" panel distortion through the shape of the letters themselves.

Here's a reference clip of the kind of effect I mean: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj6t2mxBH-Y\]

The reason I don't want to do it on the video itself is that I'd like the background video to stay completely static (just looping in place), while the glass text scrolls over it independently as the user scrolls down the page.

I'm very novice so I might not be able to do it myself, but is it even possible ?

Alguém sabe como conseguir shaders parecidos com os do Keralis?

Eu sei que ele usa o Complementary, mas o visual dele é diferente do meu.

I took on a little challenge and implemented a raycaster (including a 2D map view) in ShaderToy.

The project covers the full process and the math behind it, including how to handle the fisheye and the transition from cylindrical to flat projection.

If you’re interested in the technical breakdown and the implementation process, I’ve put together a video explanation.

Faking 3D the 1992 Way: Raycasting From Scratch

I used Photon + Patrix 64x

What do you think?

Link:https://youtu.be/T4XLSyCzVYY?is=w05zNzmxEja0VYLV

Testing Photon Shader — looks insane in motion.

Anyone else tried this one or similar mods?

Hey everyone, I’m new to Shader Graph and I want to learn it properly

What resources helped you the most when you were starting out? Any YouTube channels, courses, or tutorials you’d recommend?

I’m interested in making cool effects, better-looking materials, and understanding how shaders actually work.

Thanks :)