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darkstalker on July 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Superformula

I wonder if there is a distance function to it, so you can render it in 3D using sphere tracing.

Impossible on July 22, 2016 [–]

This Shadertoy (https://www.shadertoy.com/view/4llGWM) uses sphere tracing it but doesn't use a real distance function, the author asks the same question.

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