Keenan Crane on Nostr: Fun new paper at #SIGGRAPH2025: What if instead of two 6-sided dice, you could roll a ...
Fun new paper at #SIGGRAPH2025:
What if instead of two 6-sided dice, you could roll a single "funky-shaped" die that gives the same statistics (e.g, 7 is twice as likely as 4 or 10).
Or make fair dice in any shape—e.g., dragons rather than cubes?
That's exactly what we do!
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