Beyond Programmable Shading

This fifth consecutive Beyond Programmable Shading SIGGRAPH course continues with the core mission of the course: discussing how GPU and CPU parallel computing are used in conjunction with the traditional 3D real-time rendering pipeline to improve image quality and performance or reduce power consumption. The course also explores future directions in real-time rendering innovation. Unlike previous years, this course assumes that the audience is already familiar with modern real-time rendering CPU and GPU hardware architecture and programming models.

The course focuses on applications of GPU and CPU compute to solve real-time illumination problems. It includes an updated discussion of game developers' requests to the rendering research community, a deep dive on power-efficient rendering algorithms, and a panel on how past research in this field has and has not affected the game and graphics hardware industry.

COURSE SCHEDULE

9 am
Introduction to Beyond Programmable Shading 2012
Lefohn

9:15 am
Five Major Challenges in Real-Time Rendering
Andersson

9:45 am
Intersecting Lights With Pixels: Reasoning About Forward and Deferred Rendering
Lauritzen

10:15 am
Dynamic Sparse-Voxel Octrees for Next-Gen Real-Time Rendering
Crassin

10:45 am
Power-Friendly GPU Programming
Ribble

11:15 am
Panel: From Publication to Product: How Recent Graphics Research Has (And Has Not) Shaped the Industry
Moderator: Fatahalian