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Google Summer of Code - 2022 Projects

Progress updates for 2022

Current State

The information in this page still to be populated through the duration of the Google Summer of Code.

1st evaluation - 25 - 29 July Final submission - 5 - 12 September

Communication

Development Forum

All Blender and code related topics will go to the devtalk forum. Here students will also post their weekly reports, and can ask for feedback on topics or share intermediate results with everyone.

https://devtalk.blender.org/c/blender/summer-of-code

chat.blender.org

For real-time discussions between students and mentors. Weekly meetings will be scheduled here as well.

https://chat.blender.org/#/room/#gsoc-2022:blender.org

Projects

Google has granted 4 projects for the Blender Foundation.


3D Text Usability Improvements

by Yash Dabhade Mentors: Campbell Barton Branch: soc-2022-text-usability

Integrating Many Lights Sampling into Cycles

by Jeffrey Liu Mentors: Brecht Van Lommel Branch: soc-2022-many-lights-sampling

Soft Bodies Simulation using Extended Position-Based Dynamics

by Aarnav Dhanuka Mentors: Sebastian Parborg Branch: soc-2022-soft-bodies

Waveform Drawing Improvements

by Ming Xu Mentors: Richard AntalĂ­k Branch: soc-2022-waveform-drawing