Presented at SIGGRAPH 2004 in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 10th during the "Real-Time Shadowing Techniques" course. Jan Kautz and Marc Stamminger organized the course. The presentation covers robust shadow volume rendering techniques for GPUs.
A Practical and Robust Bump-mapping Technique for Today’s GPUs (slides)Mark Kilgard
I presented this on May 8, 2000 to the Stanford Shading Group in Palo Alto, California. The presentation explains how to use the, then state-of-the-art, NVIDIA register combiners of the GeForce 256 to implement per-pixel bump mapping, a technique that is now ubiquitous in most 3D computer games.
Secrets of CryENGINE 3 Graphics TechnologyTiago Sousa
In this talk, the authors will describe an overview of a different method for deferred lighting approach used in CryENGINE 3, along with an in-depth description of the many techniques used. Original file and videos at http://crytek.com/cryengine/presentations
Siggraph2016 - The Devil is in the Details: idTech 666Tiago Sousa
A behind-the-scenes look into the latest renderer technology powering the critically acclaimed DOOM. The lecture will cover how technology was designed for balancing a good visual quality and performance ratio. Numerous topics will be covered, among them details about the lighting solution, techniques for decoupling costs frequency and GCN specific approaches.
We present the technology and ideas behind the unique lighting in MIRRORS EDGE from DICE. Covering how DICE adopted Global illumination into their lighting process and Illuminate Labs current toolbox of state of the art lighting technology.
In this talk, we present results from the real-time raytracing research done at SEED, a cross-disciplinary team working on cutting-edge, future graphics technologies and creative experiences at Electronic Arts. We explain in detail several techniques from “PICA PICA”, a real-time raytracing experiment featuring a mini-game for self-learning AI agents in a procedurally-assembled world. The approaches presented here are intended to inspire developers and provide a glimpse of a future where real-time raytracing powers the creative experiences of tomorrow.
Practical and Robust Stenciled Shadow Volumes for Hardware-Accelerated RenderingMark Kilgard
Twenty-five years ago, Crow published the shadow volume approach for determining shadowed regions in a scene. A decade ago, Heidmann described a hardware-accelerated stencil bufferbased shadow volume algorithm. However, hardware-accelerated stenciled shadow volume techniques have not been widely adopted by 3D games and applications due in large part to the lack of robustness of described techniques. This situation persists despite widely available hardware support. Specifically what has been lacking is a technique that robustly handles various "hard" situations created by near or far plane clipping of shadow volumes. We describe a robust, artifact-free technique for hardwareaccelerated rendering of stenciled shadow volumes. Assuming existing hardware, we resolve the issues otherwise caused by shadow volume near and far plane clipping through a combination of (1) placing the conventional far clip plane “at infinity”, (2) rasterization with infinite shadow volume polygons via homogeneous coordinates, and (3) adopting a zfail stencil-testing scheme. Depth clamping, a new rasterization feature provided by NVIDIA's GeForce3 & GeForce4 Ti GPUs, preserves existing depth precision by not requiring the far plane to be placed at infinity. We also propose two-sided stencil testing to improve the efficiency of rendering stenciled shadow volumes.
March 12, 2002.
This was submitted to the SIGGRAPH 2002 papers committee but was rejected.
What is global illumination and what are the techniques used to combat this problem in real-time applications. Talk briefly covers algorithms like instant radiosity, light propagation volumes and voxel cone tracing. Additional details within the slide notes.
OIT to Volumetric Shadow Mapping, 101 Uses for Raster-Ordered Views using Dir...Gael Hofemeier
One of the new features of DirectX 12 is Raster-Ordered Views. This adds Ordering back into Unordered Access Views, removing race conditions within a pixel shader when multiple in-flight pixels write to the same XY screen coordinates. This allows algorithms that previously required link lists of pixel data to be efficiently processed in bounded memory. The talk shows how everything from Order Independent Transparency to Volumetric shadow mapping and even post processing can benefit from using Raster-Ordered Views to provide efficient and more importantly robust solutions suitable for real-time games. The session uses a mixture of real-world examples of where these algorithms have already been implemented in games and forward-looking research to show some of the exciting possibilities that open up with this new ability coming to DirectX.
A Practical and Robust Bump-mapping Technique for Today’s GPUs (slides)Mark Kilgard
I presented this on May 8, 2000 to the Stanford Shading Group in Palo Alto, California. The presentation explains how to use the, then state-of-the-art, NVIDIA register combiners of the GeForce 256 to implement per-pixel bump mapping, a technique that is now ubiquitous in most 3D computer games.
Secrets of CryENGINE 3 Graphics TechnologyTiago Sousa
In this talk, the authors will describe an overview of a different method for deferred lighting approach used in CryENGINE 3, along with an in-depth description of the many techniques used. Original file and videos at http://crytek.com/cryengine/presentations
Siggraph2016 - The Devil is in the Details: idTech 666Tiago Sousa
A behind-the-scenes look into the latest renderer technology powering the critically acclaimed DOOM. The lecture will cover how technology was designed for balancing a good visual quality and performance ratio. Numerous topics will be covered, among them details about the lighting solution, techniques for decoupling costs frequency and GCN specific approaches.
We present the technology and ideas behind the unique lighting in MIRRORS EDGE from DICE. Covering how DICE adopted Global illumination into their lighting process and Illuminate Labs current toolbox of state of the art lighting technology.
In this talk, we present results from the real-time raytracing research done at SEED, a cross-disciplinary team working on cutting-edge, future graphics technologies and creative experiences at Electronic Arts. We explain in detail several techniques from “PICA PICA”, a real-time raytracing experiment featuring a mini-game for self-learning AI agents in a procedurally-assembled world. The approaches presented here are intended to inspire developers and provide a glimpse of a future where real-time raytracing powers the creative experiences of tomorrow.
Practical and Robust Stenciled Shadow Volumes for Hardware-Accelerated RenderingMark Kilgard
Twenty-five years ago, Crow published the shadow volume approach for determining shadowed regions in a scene. A decade ago, Heidmann described a hardware-accelerated stencil bufferbased shadow volume algorithm. However, hardware-accelerated stenciled shadow volume techniques have not been widely adopted by 3D games and applications due in large part to the lack of robustness of described techniques. This situation persists despite widely available hardware support. Specifically what has been lacking is a technique that robustly handles various "hard" situations created by near or far plane clipping of shadow volumes. We describe a robust, artifact-free technique for hardwareaccelerated rendering of stenciled shadow volumes. Assuming existing hardware, we resolve the issues otherwise caused by shadow volume near and far plane clipping through a combination of (1) placing the conventional far clip plane “at infinity”, (2) rasterization with infinite shadow volume polygons via homogeneous coordinates, and (3) adopting a zfail stencil-testing scheme. Depth clamping, a new rasterization feature provided by NVIDIA's GeForce3 & GeForce4 Ti GPUs, preserves existing depth precision by not requiring the far plane to be placed at infinity. We also propose two-sided stencil testing to improve the efficiency of rendering stenciled shadow volumes.
March 12, 2002.
This was submitted to the SIGGRAPH 2002 papers committee but was rejected.
What is global illumination and what are the techniques used to combat this problem in real-time applications. Talk briefly covers algorithms like instant radiosity, light propagation volumes and voxel cone tracing. Additional details within the slide notes.
OIT to Volumetric Shadow Mapping, 101 Uses for Raster-Ordered Views using Dir...Gael Hofemeier
One of the new features of DirectX 12 is Raster-Ordered Views. This adds Ordering back into Unordered Access Views, removing race conditions within a pixel shader when multiple in-flight pixels write to the same XY screen coordinates. This allows algorithms that previously required link lists of pixel data to be efficiently processed in bounded memory. The talk shows how everything from Order Independent Transparency to Volumetric shadow mapping and even post processing can benefit from using Raster-Ordered Views to provide efficient and more importantly robust solutions suitable for real-time games. The session uses a mixture of real-world examples of where these algorithms have already been implemented in games and forward-looking research to show some of the exciting possibilities that open up with this new ability coming to DirectX.
Presented September 30, 2009 in San Jose, California at GPU Technology Conference.
Describes the new features of OpenGL 3.2 and NVIDIA's extensions beyond 3.2 such as bindless graphics, direct state access, separate shader objects, copy image, texture barrier, and Cg 2.2.
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Rendering Techniques in Rise of the Tomb RaiderEidos-Montréal
This cohesive overview of the advanced rendering techniques developed for Rise of the Tomb Raider presents a collection of diverse features, the challenges they presented, where current approaches succeed and fail, and solutions and implementation details.
A technical deep dive into the DX11 rendering in Battlefield 3, the first title to use the new Frostbite 2 Engine. Topics covered include DX11 optimization techniques, efficient deferred shading, high-quality rendering and resource streaming for creating large and highly-detailed dynamic environments on modern PCs.
Build Your Own 3D Scanner: 3D Scanning with Swept-PlanesDouglas Lanman
Build Your Own 3D Scanner:
3D Scanning with Swept-Planes
http://mesh.brown.edu/byo3d/
SIGGRAPH 2009 Courses
Douglas Lanman and Gabriel Taubin
This course provides a beginner with the necessary mathematics, software, and practical details to leverage projector-camera systems in their own 3D scanning projects. An example-driven approach is used throughout; each new concept is illustrated using a practical scanner implemented with off-the-shelf parts. The course concludes by detailing how these new approaches are used in rapid prototyping, entertainment, cultural heritage, and web-based applications.
Checkerboard Rendering in Dark Souls: Remastered by QLOCQLOC
This is a talk on checkerboard rendering Markus & Andreas held at Digital Dragons 2019.
In it they quickly go through the history of Checkerboard Rendering before taking a deep dive into how it works and how it is implemented in Dark Souls: Remastered. Lastly, they present the quality and performance improvements they got from using it and their conclusion.
PS: The PDF. file includes useful in-depth notes from both authors.
D11: a high-performance, protocol-optional, transport-optional, window system...Mark Kilgard
Consider the dual pressures toward a more tightly integrated workstation window system: 1) the need to efficiently handle high bandwidth services such as video, audio, and three-dimensional graphics; and 2) the desire to achieve the under-realized potential for local window system performance in X11.
This paper proposes a new window system architecture called D11 that seeks higher performance while preserving compatibility with the industry-standard X11 window system. D11 reinvents the X11 client/server architecture using a new operating system facility similar in concept to the Unix kernel's traditional implementation but designed for user-level execution. This new architecture allows local D11 programs to execute within the D11 window system kernel without compromising the window sytem's integrity. This scheme minimizes context switching, eliminates protocol packing and unpacking, and greatly reduces data copying. D11 programs fall back to the X11 protocol when running remote or connecting to an X11 server. A special D11 program acts as an X11 protocol translator to allow X11 programs to utilize a D11 window system.
[The described system was never implemented.]
NVIDIA OpenGL and Vulkan Support for 2017Mark Kilgard
Learn how NVIDIA continues improving both Vulkan and OpenGL for cross-platform graphics and compute development. This high-level talk is intended for anyone wanting to understand the state of Vulkan and OpenGL in 2017 on NVIDIA GPUs. For OpenGL, the latest standard update maintains the compatibility and feature-richness you expect. For Vulkan, NVIDIA has enabled the latest NVIDIA GPU hardware features and now provides explicit support for multiple GPUs. And for either API, NVIDIA's SDKs and Nsight tools help you develop and debug your application faster.
NVIDIA booth theater presentation at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles, August 1, 2017.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/siggraph2017-schedule.html?id=sig1732
Get your SIGGRAPH driver release with OpenGL 4.6 and the latest Vulkan functionality from
https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver
EXT_window_rectangles extends OpenGL with a new per-fragment test called the "window rectangles test" for use with FBOs that provides 8 or more inclusive or exclusive rectangles for rasterized fragments. Applications of this functionality include web browsers and virtual reality.
Slides: Accelerating Vector Graphics Rendering using the Graphics Hardware Pi...Mark Kilgard
Slides for SIGGRAPH paper presentation of "Accelerating Vector Graphics Rendering using the Graphics Hardware Pipeline".
Presented by Vineet Batra (Adobe) on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 150/151.
Accelerating Vector Graphics Rendering using the Graphics Hardware PipelineMark Kilgard
SIGGRAPH 2015 paper.
We describe our successful initiative to accelerate Adobe Illustrator with the graphics hardware pipeline of modern GPUs. Relying on OpenGL 4.4 plus recent OpenGL extensions for advanced blend modes and first-class GPU-accelerated path rendering, we accelerate the Adobe Graphics Model (AGM) layer responsible for rendering sophisticated Illustrator scenes. Illustrator documents render in either an RGB or CMYK color mode. While GPUs are designed and optimized for RGB rendering, we orchestrate OpenGL rendering of vector content in the proper CMYK color space and accommodate the 5+ color components required. We support both non-isolated and isolated transparency groups, knockout, patterns, and arbitrary path clipping. We harness GPU tessellation to shade paths smoothly with gradient meshes. We do all this and render complex Illustrator scenes 2 to 6x faster than CPU rendering at Full HD resolutions; and 5 to 16x faster at Ultra HD resolutions.
NV_path_rendering is an OpenGL extension for GPU-accelerated path rendering. Recent functionality improvements provide better performance, better typography, rounded rectangles, conics, and OpenGL ES support. This functionality is available today with NVIDIA's 337.88 drivers.
The latest NV_path_rendering specification documents these new functional improvements:
https://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/NV/path_rendering.txt
You can find sample code here:
https://github.com/markkilgard/NVprSDK
presented at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver during NVIDIA's "Best of GTC" sponsored sessions
http://www.nvidia.com/object/siggraph2014-best-gtc.html
Watch the replay that includes a demo of GPU-accelerated Illustrator and several OpenGL 4 demos running on NVIDIA's Tegra Shield tablet.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/51255959
Find out more about the OpenGL examples for GameWorks:
https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworks-opengl-samples
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012: GPU-accelerated Path RenderingMark Kilgard
Presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 in Singapore on Friday, 30 November 14:15 - 16:00 during the "Points and Vectors" session.
Find the paper at http://developer.nvidia.com/game/gpu-accelerated-path-rendering or on Slideshare.
For thirty years, resolution-independent 2D standards (e.g. PostScript, SVG) have relied largely on CPU-based algorithms for the filling and stroking of paths. Learn about our approach to accelerate path rendering with our GPU-based "Stencil, then Cover" programming interface. We've built and productized our OpenGL-based system.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Exhibitor Talk: OpenGL 4.3 and BeyondMark Kilgard
Location: Conference Hall K, Singapore EXPO
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:50 PM
Presenter: Mark Kilgard (Principal Software Engineer, NVIDIA, Austin, Texas)
Abstract: Attend this session to get the most out of OpenGL on NVIDIA Quadro and GeForce GPUs. Learn about the new features in OpenGL 4.3, particularly Compute Shaders. Other topics include bindless graphics; Linux improvements; and how to best use the modern OpenGL graphics pipeline. Learn how your application can benefit from NVIDIA's leadership driving OpenGL as a cross-platform, open industry standard.
Topic Areas: Computer Graphics; Development Tools & Libraries; Visualization; Image and Video Processing
Level: Intermediate
Preprint for SIGGRAPH Asia 2012
Copyright ACM, 2012
For thirty years, resolution-independent 2D standards (e.g. PostScript,
SVG) have depended on CPU-based algorithms for the filling and
stroking of paths. However advances in graphics hardware have largely
ignored the problem of accelerating resolution-independent 2D graphics
rendered from paths.
Our work builds on prior work to re-factor the path rendering task
to leverage existing capabilities of modern pipelined and massively
parallel GPUs. We introduce a two-step “Stencil, then Cover” (StC)
paradigm that explicitly decouples path rendering into one GPU
step to determine a path’s filled or stenciled coverage and a second
step to rasterize conservative geometry intended to test and reset the
coverage determinations of the first step while shading color samples
within the path. Our goals are completeness, correctness, quality, and
performance—but we go further to unify path rendering with OpenGL’s
established 3D rendering pipeline. We have built and productized our
approach to accelerate path rendering as an OpenGL extension.
SIGGRAPH 2012: GPU-Accelerated 2D and Web RenderingMark Kilgard
Video replay: http://nvidia.fullviewmedia.com/siggraph2012/ondemand/SS106.html
Location: West Hall Meeting Room 503, Los Angeles Convention Center
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Time: 2:40 PM – 3:40 PM
The future of GPU-based visual computing integrates the web, resolution-independent 2D graphics, and 3D to maximize interactivity and quality while minimizing consumed power. See what NVIDIA is doing today to accelerate resolution-independent 2D graphics for web content. This presentation explains NVIDIA's unique "stencil, then cover" approach to accelerating path rendering with OpenGL and demonstrates the wide variety of web content that can be accelerated with this approach.
More information: http://developer.nvidia.com/nv-path-rendering
Video replay: http://nvidia.fullviewmedia.com/siggraph2012/ondemand/SS104.html
Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Time: 11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Location: SIGGRAPH 2012, Los Angeles
Attend this session to get the most out of OpenGL on NVIDIA Quadro and GeForce GPUs. Learn about the new features in OpenGL 4.3, particularly Compute Shaders. Other topics include bindless graphics; Linux improvements; and how to best use the modern OpenGL graphics pipeline. Learn how your application can benefit from NVIDIA's leadership driving OpenGL as a cross-platform, open industry standard.
Get OpenGL 4.3 beta drivers for NVIDIA GPUs from http://www.nvidia.com/content/devzone/opengl-driver-4.3.html
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
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12. Shadow Volume Basics Shadowing object Light source Shadow volume ( infinite extent ) A shadow volume [Crow 77] is simply the half-space defined by a light source and a shadowing object
13. Shadow Volume Basics (2) Partially shadowed object Surface inside shadow volume (shadowed) Surface outside shadow volume (illuminated) Simple rule: samples within a shadow volume are in shadow.
14. Shadow Volume of a 3D Triangle Shadow volume of a single 3D triangle is a truncated infinite pyramid
22. Stencil Buffer & Stencil Testing Red 8-bit Green 8-bit Blue 8-bit Depth 24-bit Stencil 8-bit One pixel (x, y) Stencil buffer state Stencil testing s = readBuffer(stencil, x, y); if (s == state.reference) { // Spass z = readBuffer(depth, x, y); if (fragment.z < z) { // Zpass // INCR op writeBuffer(stencil, x, y, s+1); } else { // Zfail // ZERO op writeBuffer(stencil, x, y, 0); } } else { // Sfail // KEEP, no stencil update }
23.
24. Visualizing the Stencil Buffer Counts red = stencil value of 1 green = stencil value of 0 Shadowed scene Stencil buffer contents GLUT shadowvol example credit: Tom McReynolds Stencil counts beyond 1 are possible for multiple or complex occluders.
25. Why Eye-to-Object Stencil Counting Approach Works Shadowing object Light source Eye position zero zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3
27. Shadowed, Nested in Shadow Volumes ( Two-pass Zpass ) Shadowing object Light source Eye position zero zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 Shadowed object Shadow Volume Count = +1+1+1-1 = 2 + - + +
28. Illuminated, In Front of Shadow Volumes ( Two-pass Zpass ) Shadowing object Light source Eye position zero zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 Unshadowed object Shadow Volume Count = 0 (no depth tests pass)
29. Nested Shadow Volumes: Stencil Counts Beyond One Shadowed scene Stencil buffer contents green = stencil value of 0 red = stencil value of 1 darker reds = stencil value > 1
30. Animation of Stencil Updates From Shadow Volumes Every frame is 5 additional stencil shadow volume polygon updates. Note how various intermediate stencil values do not reflect the final state. Fully shaded scene Final stencil state
31. Problem Created by Near Clip Plane ( Two-pass Zpass ) zero zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 Near clip plane Far clip plane Missed shadow volume intersection due to near clip plane clipping; leads to mistaken count
34. Shadowed, Nested in Shadow Volumes ( One-pass Zfail ) Shadowing object Light source Eye position zero zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 Shadow Volume Count = +1+1 = 2 Shadowed object + +
35. Illuminated, In Front of Shadow Volumes ( One-pass Zfail ) Shadowing object Light source Eye position zero zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 Shadowed object Shadow Volume Count = -1-1-1+1+1+1 = 0 - + - - + +
36. But Now, Problem Created by Far Clip Plane ( One-pass Zfail ) zero Near clip plane Far clip plane Missed shadow volume intersection due to far clip plane clipping; leads to mistaken count +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 zero
37. Problem Solved by Eliminating Far Clip zero +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 Near clip plane
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45. Examples of Possible Silhouette Edges for Quake2 Models An object viewed from the same basic direction that the light is shining on the object has an identifiable light-view silhouette An object’s light-view silhouette appears quite jumbled when viewed form a point-of-view that does not correspond well with the light’s point-of-view
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52. One-Pass Zfail Infinite Shadow Volumes in Practice (1) Scene with shadows. Yellow light is embedded in the green three-holed object. P inf is used for all the following scenes. Same scene visualizing the shadow volumes.
53. One-Pass Zfail Infinite Shadow Volumes in Practice (2) Details worth noting . . . Fine details: Shadows of the A, N, and T letters on the knight’s armor and shield. Hard case: The shadow volume from the front-facing hole would definitely intersect the near clip plane.
54. One-Pass Zfail Infinite Shadow Volumes in Practice (3) Alternate view of same scene with shadows. Yellow lines indicate previous view’s view frustum boundary. Recall shadows are view-independent. Shadow volumes from the alternate view.
55. One-Pass Zfail Infinite Shadow Volumes in Practice (4) Clip-space view. Original view’s scene seen from clip space. The back plane is “at infinity” with very little effective depth precision near infinity. Clip-space view of shadow volumes. Back-facing triangles w.r.t. light are seen projected onto far plane at infinity.
56. Stenciled Shadow Volumes & Multiple Lights Three colored lights. Diffuse/specular bump mapped animated characters with shadows.
57. Stenciled Shadow Volumes for Simulating Soft Shadows Cluster of 12 dim lights approximating an area light source. Generates a soft shadow effect; watch out for bad banding. The cluster of point lights.
58. Shadows in a Real Game Scene Abducted g ame images courtesy Joe Riedel of Contraband Entertainment
60. Blow-up of Shadow Detail Notice cable shadows on player model Notice player’s own shadow on floor
61. Scene’s Shadow Volume Geometric Complexity Wireframe shows geometric complexity of shadow volume geometry Shadow volume geometry projects away from the light source
62. Visible Geometry versus Shadow Volume Geometry << Visible geometry Shadow volume geometry Typically, shadow volumes generate considerably more pixel updates than visible geometry
63. Other Example Scenes (1 of 2) Visible geometry Shadow volume geometry Dramatic chase scene with shadows Abducted g ame images courtesy Joe Riedel at Contraband Entertainment
64. Other Example Scenes (2 of 2) Visible geometry Shadow volume geometry Scene with multiple light sources Abducted g ame images courtesy Joe Riedel at Contraband Entertainment
65. When Shadow Volumes Are Too Expensive Chain-link fence’s shadow appears on truck & ground with shadow maps Chain-link fence is shadow volume nightmare! Fuel g ame image courtesy Nathan d’Obrenan at Firetoad Software
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82. Computing Window Space Bounds depth bounds zmax zmin Shadow volume constrained by environment environment (floor) scissor
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86. Shadow Volume Culling Example Light and occluder both outside the view frustum. But occluder still casts shadow into the view frustum. Must consider shadow volume of the occluder even though the occluder could be itself view frustum culled!
87. Photograph of Shadows of Unseen Objects Photograph of shadow cast by a light post and the photographer that are otherwise not seen in the photograph Credit: Caroline Elizabeth Kennedy, used with permission
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91. Shadow Volume Culling Example Reconsidered (2) Light and occluder both outside the view frustum. But purple occluders still also outside convex hull formed by the light and view frustum No need to render the purple occluders or their shadow volumes! Green occluder must be considered however!
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138. Another Example (1) Original eye’s view. Again, yellow light is embedded in the green three-holed object. P inf is used for all the following scenes. Eye-space view of previous eye’s view. Clipped to the previous eye’s P inf view frustum. Shows knight’s projection to infinity.
139. Another Example (2) Clip-space view of previous eye’s view. Shows shadow volume closed at infinity and other shadow volume’s intersection with the near clip plane. Original eye’s far clip plane Original eye’s near clip plane
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Editor's Notes
NVIDIA Graphics Software Engineer
Two items of note: Proper self-shadowing Hard shadow edges, light sources modeled as points
Doom circa 1994
just 79,000 pixels Notice the “border” to further reduce the rendered area to improve performance Utterly free of both shadows and lighting
Doom3 circa 2004 No one would confuse this scene with a photograph but impressive leap forward
1600x1200 is 25x the original 320x240 4x multisampling makes that actually 100x 3x the color makes the memory per rendered scene 300x the Doom from 10 years ago
multiple light source combine in additive fashion
Spider leg in the shadow of the left wall
What’s really new? SHADOWS
Frank Crow introduced shadow volumes to Computer Graphics at SIGGRAPH 77
Before we get to deep in the nitty-gritty of shadow volumes Truth in advertising I want to highlight the high-level advantages and disadvantages of shadow volumes
We’ll revisit other progress on addressing these disadvantages later
More discussion of shadow volumes versus shadow maps later in the course
Fill rate optimizations—reducing the rasterization overhead Culling optimizations—send fewer shadow volumes by eliminating shadow volume polygon sets More efficient silhouette determination—minimize the CPU overhead Miscellaneous