graphics
WebGL Index Validation 20 Sep 2013
If you've ever browsed through the WebGL spec, you've likely seen section 6: Differences Between WebGL and OpenGL ES 2.0. Right at the top of that section, we find section 6.1: Buffer Object Binding. That section reads as follows:
Read more...Bicubic Filtering in Fewer Taps 24 Oct 2012
This post is based on the technique described in GPU Gems 2, chapter 20, Fast Third-Order Texture Filtering. While that's certainly a good read, I found that the authors skipped over a lot of detail and optimized a little prematurely, making the result rather difficult to parse. If you've read and understood their paper, then this isn't going to be news to you.
Read more...Windowed Fullscreen 30 Apr 2012
Windowed (fake) fullscreen is probably my favorite graphics option ever when it comes to PC games. It lets me have my nice fullscreen game, but doesn't lock me out of using my other monitor, and any programs running behind the game are an instant ALT+TAB away. Games that can go from fully windowed to fake-fullscreened in an instant are also super cool, and not all that difficult to write. So how does one implement such a thing?
Read more...Deferred Shading Tricks 21 Feb 2012
Deferred shading is a useful technique available on modern GPUs that allows one to decouple scene and lighting complexity. I'm not really writing a for-beginners article here. This is aimed at people who've got a basic engine set up and want to tune it.
Read more...hqNx 07 Jan 2012
This is a quick demo project I did a few years ago for fun. It's an implementation of the hq2x, hq3x, and hq4x image upscaling algorithms on the GPU.
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