Trip Report: Gamefest 2011 - Seattle
I managed make it out to Seattle this year for Gamefest and figured I’d share my thoughts on some of the different presentations I saw. »
Chaining Compute Shaders
My new side-side project with DirectX 11 is something that has been bothering me for awhile. Chaining compute shaders with variable length output. Chaining compute shaders »
Subsurface Scattering Volumes
I didn’t get to see many sessions at GDC this year. One I really wanted to see but didn’t make it to was the »
Ambient Occlusion Volumes [Picture Timeline]
One of my hobby projects has been to try and implement Morgan McGuire’s Ambient Occlusion Volume (AOV) approach to ambient occlusion on DirectX 11. It’ »
Hierarchical Z-Buffer Occlusion Culling - Shadows
After exchanging a few emails with Stephen Hill, he clarified how they were able to cull shadows from the scene using the Hierarchical Z-Buffer (HZB). The »
Hierarchical Z-Buffer Occlusion Culling
While I was at GDC I had the pleasure of attending the Rendering with Conviction talk by Stephen Hill, one of the topics was so cool »