GPU Gems : Programming Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Real-time Graphics - Hardcover

Fernando, Randima

 
9780321228321: GPU Gems : Programming Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Real-time Graphics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0321228324 ISBN 13: 9780321228321
Verlag: Addison Wesley, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

GPU Gems has won a prestigious Front Line Award from Game Developer Magazine. The Front Line Awards recognize products that enable faster and more efficient game development, advancing the state of the art.

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“This collection of articles is particularly impressive for its depth and breadth. The book includes product-oriented case studies, previously unpublished state-of-the-art research, comprehensive tutorials, and extensive code samples and demos throughout.”
―Eric Haines, Author of Real-Time Rendering“GPU Gems is a cool toolbox of advanced graphics techniques. Novice programmers and graphics gurus alike will find the Gems practical, intriguing and useful.”
―Tim Sweeney, Lead Programmer of Unreal at Epic Games

GPU Gems is a compilation of articles covering practical real-time graphics techniques arising from the research and practice of cutting-edge developers. It focuses on the programmable graphics pipeline available in today’s graphics processing units (GPUs) and highlights quick and dirty tricks used by leading developers, as well as fundamental, performance-conscious techniques for creating advanced visual effects. The contributors and editors, collectively, bring countless years of experience to enlighten and propel the reader into the fascinating world of programmable real-time graphics.

Major topics covered include:

  • Natural effects
  • Lighting and shadows
  • Materials
  • Image processing
  • Performance and practicalities
  • Beyond triangles

    Contributors are from the following universities and corporations:

  • Alias Systems
  • Brown University
  • Croteam
  • Cyan Worlds
  • Hochschule Bremen
  • Industrial Light & Magic
  • iXBT.com
  • Monolith Productions
  • New York University
  • Novarama
  • NVIDIA
  • Paralelo Computacao
  • Piranha Bytes
  • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Siemens Medical Solutions
  • Softimage Co.
  • Softlab-NSK
  • Sony Pictures Imageworks
  • Stanford University
  • UC Davis
  • UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • University of Utah
  • University of Waterloo

    The accompanying CD-ROM includes complementary examples and sample programs.



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    Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

    Randima (Randy) Fernando is Manager of Developer Education at NVIDIA.



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    Verlag
    Addison Wesley
    Erscheinungsdatum
    2004
    Sprache
    Englisch
    ISBN 10 
    0321228324
    ISBN 13 
    9780321228321
    Einband
    Tapa dura
    Anzahl der Seiten
    816
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