On Histogram-Preserving Blending for Randomized Texture Tiling

• the paper presents a modification of histogram-preserving tiling algorithm discussed in issue 45
• it removes the lengthy 3D optimal transport preprocessing step and replaces it with per-channel lookup table…

Dev Preview of New DirectX 12 Features

• the post introduces new D3D12 features available with latest win10 preview version
• DirectX Raytracing Tier 1.1 introduces ExecuteIndirect, dynamic raytracing PSO additions and Inline Raytracing
• Inline Raytracing allows RayQuery to…

srgb eotf: pure gamma 2.2 function or piece-wise function?

• the article presents the different meaning of the term gamma in different color contexts
• suggest to always use a piece-wise sRGB function

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Vulkan Mobile Best Practice: Picking the Most Efficient Load/Store Operations

• the article describes how the architecture of mobile GPUs is different from PC
• shows why load/store operations have a significant impact on mobile
• present a demo application to profile the va…

Surface Gradient Based Bump Mapping Framework

• a mathematical framework for more consistent layering of bump/normal maps using linear surface gradients
• shows the problems with reliance on vertex level tangent space in existing techniques
• how to express existing methods …

An Introduction To Real-Time Subsurface Scattering

• in-depth article that provides an overview of subsurface scattering techniques used for games
• presents the most common techniques found in games, Texture-Space Diffusion, Screen-Space Subsurface Scattering, and Pre-int…

Strand-based Hair Rendering in Frostbite

• the presentation shows the new WIP hair rendering system
• a realtime system that is based on hair stands instead of cards
• strands are rasterized into shadow and deep opacity maps
• for performance reasons, a visibility buffer is wr…

Improved normal reconstruction from depth

• the article presents what kind of artifacts happen when reconstructing normals from world space positions
• suggests how to reduce the artifacts by selecting triangles that are most likely to have originated from the same object
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The making of Gears 5: how the Coalition hit 60fps - and improved visual quality

• interview discussing the details of the Gear 5 implementation
• all post-processing and UI rendering is done post-upscaling in the output resolution
• using Relaxed Cone Stepping for extra det…

Engineering Career Guide [LEAKED]

• guide by Roblox for the career development of rendering engineers
• what jobs are required, how to learn and personally take control of directed development

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