The GPU Gems series features a collection of the most
essential algorithms required by Next-Generation 3D Engines.”
—Martin
Mittring, Lead Graphics Programmer, Crytek
This third volume of the best-selling GPU Gems series provides a snapshot
of today’s latest Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) programming techniques. The
programmability of modern GPUs allows developers to not only distinguish
themselves from one another but also to use this awesome processing power for
non-graphics applications, such as physics simulation, financial analysis, and
even virus detection—particularly with the CUDA architecture. Graphics remains
the leading application for GPUs, and readers will find that the latest
algorithms create ultra-realistic characters, better lighting, and
post-rendering compositing effects.
Major topics include
- Geometry
- Light and Shadows
- Rendering
- Image Effects
- Physics Simulation
- GPU Computing
Contributors are from the following corporations and universities:
3Dfacto
Adobe Systems
Apple
Budapest University of Technology and
Economics
CGGVeritas
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Cornell
University
Crytek
Czech Technical University in Prague
Dartmouth
College
Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment
Eindhoven University of
Technology
Electronic Arts
Havok
Helsinki University of
Technology
Imperial College London
Infinity Ward
Juniper
Networks
LaBRI–INRIA, University of Bordeaux
mental images
Microsoft
Research
Move Interactive
NCsoft Corporation
NVIDIA
Corporation
Perpetual Entertainment
Playlogic Game
Factory
Polytime
Rainbow Studios
SEGA Corporation
UFRGS
(Brazil)
Ulm University
University of California, Davis
University of
Central Florida
University of Copenhagen
University of
Girona
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Tokyo
University of Waterloo
Section Editors include NVIDIA engineers: Cyril Zeller, Evan Hart, Ignacio
Castaño, Kevin Bjorke, Kevin Myers, and Nolan Goodnight.
The accompanying DVD includes complementary examples and sample
programs.
