Heightfield advection is a powerful technique in Houdini for simulating complex terrain evolution and fluid-like effects.

Intrinsic UVs in Houdini are a powerful way to access geometric properties without extra attributes. Depending on the primitive type, they are interpreted differently.

Houdini Tokyo HIVE video is live:

I wanted to share a quick visual comparison between the SideFX recording of my Houdini HIVE Tokyo 2025 session “Adaptive Fracture Synthesis and Propagation in VEX using OpenSubdiv Limit Surface Derivatives” and my own local QHD capture.

The SideFX version is completely fine for watching the presentation, but my recording was captured directly from my display source with no compression loss, so it preserves a lot more clarity across the entire presentation. This includes all geometry details, colors, UI elements, and text. This is one of the main reasons I am preparing my own edited cuts.

The attached images show the difference between the two versions.

The full END-JPN cut will be posted next, followed later by the English-only version. These edited cuts will be available exclusively to paid members on Patreon [www.patreon.com].