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Sep 22, 2026 11 min

The Visibility Problem - Computerphile

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Which triangles should be in front and which should be behind? The problems computers face when collapsing 3D graphics down to 2 dimensions.Graphics series with John Chapman:1/ Universe of Triangles : http://youtu.be/KdyvizaygyY2/ Power of the Matrix : http://youtu.be/vQ60rFwh2ig3/ Triangles to Pixels : http://youtu.be/aweqeMxDnu44/ Visibility Problem : http://youtu.be/OODzTMcGDD05/ Lights and Shadows in Computer Graphics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjXAoP5GG0John Chapman is a graphics programmer who blogs here: http://www.john-chapman.nethttp://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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