Overview

This book explores the latest developments in advanced rendering techniques in interactive media and games that run on the DirectX or OpenGL run-times or any other run-time with any language available. It covers geometry manipulation, handheld devices programming, effects in image space, shadows, 3D engine design, and environmental effects. A dedicated section on general purpose GPU programming focuses on CUDA, DirectCompute, and OpenCL examples. The book also provides tips on how to render real-time special effects and visualize data on common consumer software platforms.

Full Product Details

Author:   Wolfgang Engel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.910kg
ISBN:  

9781439887820

ISBN 10:   1439887829
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   21 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Geometry Manipulation. Vertex Shader Tesselation. Real-time Deformable Terrain Rendering. Optimized Stadium Crowd Rendering. Geometric Anti-Aliasing Methods. Rendering. Practical Elliptical Texture Filtering. An Approximation to the Chapman Grazing-Incidence Function for Atmospheric Scattering. Volumetric Real-Time Water and Foam Rendering. CryENGINE 3. Global Illumination Effects. Ray-traced Approximate Reflections Using a Grid of Oriented Splats. Screen-space Bent Cones: A Practical Approach. Real-time Near-field Global Illumination based on a Voxel Model. Shadows. Efficient Online Visibility for Shadow Maps. Depth Rejected Gobo Shadows. Handheld Devices. Inexpensive Anti-Aliasing of Simple Objects. Programming the XPERIA Play GPU. 3D Engine Design. Z3 Culling. Quaternion-based rendering pipeline. Implementing a Directionally Adaptive Edge AA Filter using DirectX 11. Designing a Data-Driven Renderer. GPGPU. Volumetric transparency with Per-Pixel Fragment Lists"". Practical Binary Surface and Solid Voxelization with Direct3D 11. Interactive Ray Tracing Using the Compute Shader in DirectX 11. Contributors."

Reviews

GPU Pro3 is a guide to high-end computer graphics for video games and computer animation. Discussing the latest advancements in technology and graphical artistry, taken from fifty of the industry's best, it covers tips on creating interesting geometry, shading, illumination shadows, optimizing 3D engines, and much more. GPU Pro3 is presented with full-color photos of graphical examples, charts, indexes, glossaries, and much more, making it an ideal addition to community and college collections catering to technology and artistic design. --Wisconsin Bookwatch, April 2012

GPU Pro3 is a guide to high-end computer graphics for video games and computer animation. Discussing the latest advancements in technology and graphical artistry, taken from fifty of the industry's best, it covers tips on creating interesting geometry, shading, illumination shadows, optimizing 3D engines, and much more. GPU Pro3 is presented with full-color photos of graphical examples, charts, indexes, glossaries, and much more, making it an ideal addition to community and college collections catering to technology and artistic design. -Wisconsin Bookwatch, April 2012

GPU Pro3 is a guide to high-end computer graphics for video games and computer animation. Discussing the latest advancements in technology and graphical artistry, taken from fifty of the industry's best, it covers tips on creating interesting geometry, shading, illumination shadows, optimizing 3D engines, and much more. GPU Pro3 is presented with full-color photos of graphical examples, charts, indexes, glossaries, and much more, making it an ideal addition to community and college collections catering to technology and artistic design.-Wisconsin Bookwatch, April 2012

GPU Pro3 is a guide to high-end computer graphics for video games and computer animation. Discussing the latest advancements in technology and graphical artistry, taken from fifty of the industry’s best, it covers tips on creating interesting geometry, shading, illumination shadows, optimizing 3D engines, and much more. GPU Pro3 is presented with full-color photos of graphical examples, charts, indexes, glossaries, and much more, making it an ideal addition to community and college collections catering to technology and artistic design. —Wisconsin Bookwatch, April 2012

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