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GPU Gems: Programming Techniques, Tips, and Tricks for Real-time Graphics
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Product Description
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 The book includes product-oriented case studies, previously unpublished state-of-the-art research, comprehensive tutorials, and extensive code samples and demos throughout.”—Eric Haines, Author of Real-Time Rendering“GPU Gems is a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:
Contributors are from the following universities and corporations:
The accompanying CD-ROM includes complementary examples and sample programs.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #209056 in Books
- Published on: 2004-04-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 816 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
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 The book includes product-oriented case studies, previously unpublished state-of-the-art research, comprehensive tutorials, and extensive code samples and demos throughout.”—Eric Haines, Author of Real-Time Rendering“GPU Gems is a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:
Contributors are from the following universities and corporations:
The accompanying CD-ROM includes complementary examples and sample programs.
About the Author
Randima (Randy) Fernando is Manager of Developer Education at NVIDIA.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant!
This book features a set of well organised, high quality articles. It covers a variety of sets of topics including natural rendering, lighting and alternative uses for the GPU.
It should be noted however, that this book is not totally easy reading, and the reader should have a good understanding of mathematics, and the maths used in gaming.
There is a good amount of source code, examples and pseudo code which allows the reader to really try things out for themselves and have a good understanding of WHY it works. The diagrams all have a consistant professional feel and are used well in the book.
