Course 28SIGGRAPH 2007

San Diego, CA

Course 28SIGGRAPH 2007

San Diego, CA

Advanced RealAdvanced Real--Time Rendering in Time Rendering in 3D Graphics and Games3D Graphics and Games

Convergence of Games and ResearchConvergence of Games and Research• Explosion of innovative algorithms in the interactive

domain– Advances in real-time graphics research

– Ever increasing power of mainstream GPUs

• Games are quickly catching up to research in complexity– Tremendous visual quality improvements

– Novel algorithms driven by game developers push researchers

State-of-the-Art Real-Time RenderingState-of-the-Art Real-Time Rendering

• Focus on interactive research algorithms • Algorithms implemented in several

award-winning games• General, optimized methods• Applicable in a variety of applications

– Game rendering– Scientific visualizations– Offline and cinematic rendering

ChallengesChallenges

• Interactivity and massive worlds require high detail– Complexity grows with each year

• Algorithms must be flexible to be easily adopted on variety of hardware models

• Many unsolved research problems – Detail representation

– High quality animation

TopicsTopics

• Terrain and character rendering– Shading and lighting– Efficient and high quality animation, including facial wrinkles

• Tessellation on GPU• Illustrative rendering• Self-shadowing bump maps • Dynamic object deformation on GPU• Particle dynamics• Real-time ambient occlusion • And many more!...

LecturersLecturers

• Natalya Tatarchuk, AMD• Christopher Oat, AMD• Jason Mitchell, Valve• Chris Green, Valve• Johan Andersson, DICE• Nico Galoppo, UNC• Shanon Drone, Microsoft• Martin Mittring, Crytek

Course Schedule – Morning Course Schedule – Morning

Real-Time Particle System on the GPU in Dynamic Environments (Drone)

835am

Dynamic Deformation Textures (Galoppo) 920am

Break1015 - 1030 am

Surface Detail Maps with Soft Self-Shadowing (Green)

950am

Introduction (Tatarchuk)830am

Course Schedule – Morning Course Schedule – Morning

Tessellation in Viva Piñata (Boulton)1145 am

Lunch1215pm–130 pm

Real-Time Tessellation on GPU (Tatarchuk)1055 am

Simple, Fast Vector Texture Maps on GPU (Green)1030 am

Course Schedule - AfternoonCourse Schedule - Afternoon

Frostbite Rendering Architecture and Case Study: Terrain Rendering (Andersson)

230 pm

Break330 pm-345 pm

Discussion and Q & A (All)520pm

Finding Next GenCryEngine2 (Mittring)425 pm

Real-Time Wrinkles (Oat)345 pm

Interactive Illustrative Rendering in Team Fortress 2 (Mitchell)

145 pm

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