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+# Ripple #
+
+An OpenGL port of the SIGGRAPH 2017 [Water Wave Packets][1] paper's [implementation][2].
+
+# Context and quirks #
+
+This port was written as the final for an Advanced Infographics class. Most of
+the work was focused on translating the HLSL shaders to GLSL, adapting existing
+OpenGL code to replace the DirectX 11 setup code.
+
+Given the limited timeframe, some bugs and performance issues still linger. On
+the performance side of things, a bit of profiling seems to indicate the
+program is GPU-bound, the biggest culprit being the fragment shader.
+
+[1]: http://visualcomputing.ist.ac.at/publications/2017/WWP/
+[2]: https://github.com/jeschke/water-wave-packets