ShaderEmu boots Linux inside VRChat using only a pixel shader
Developer Michael Moroz open-sourced ShaderEmu, a 32-bit RISC-V computer emulated entirely in a pixel shader that boots Linux in VRChat, and says Half-Life could theoretically run too, though using a GPU as a CPU is extremely inefficient.
2026-10-17 ~ 2026-10-17 · 2 related posts
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