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

Fernando, Randima

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0321228324 ISBN 13 : 9780321228321

Editeur : Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc, 2004

Synopsis

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.

FULL COLOR THROUGHOUT!

“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 The book includes product-oriented case studies, previously unpublished state-of-the-art research, comprehensive tutorials, and extensive code samples and demos throughout.”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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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.

FULL COLOR THROUGHOUT!

“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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0321228324
• ISBN 13: 9780321228321
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 816
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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