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Shadow volume

Shadow volume is a technique used in 3D computer graphics to add shadows to a rendered scene. It was first proposed by Frank Crow in 1977 as the geometry describing the 3D shape of the region occluded from a light source. A shadow volume divides the virtual world in two: areas that are in shadow and areas that are not.

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Construction

Stencil buffer implementations

Optimization

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Shadow volume

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples53
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Shadow volume

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related to Optimization · 17
Shadow volume → Everitt, For, Game Developers Conference, GeForce FX, GPU, Hardware-Accelerated Rendering, Kilgard, Nvidia, On, One, Practical, Rasterization, Robust Stenciled Shadow Volumes, See, Since, Single, This
related to Depth fail · 8
Shadow volume → Around, Disable, Heidmann's, Instead, Render, Set, This, Use
related to Construction · 7
Shadow volume → Depending, For, In, The, These, This, To
related to Depth pass · 7
Shadow volume → Disable, Heidmann, If, Render, Set, The, Use
related to Stencil buffer implementations · 7
Shadow volume → After Crow, For, Render, There, Tim Heidmann, Use, Using
related to Exclusive-or · 6
Shadow volume → Disable, Either, Render, Set, The, XOR
is a · 1
Shadow volume → technique used in 3D computer graphics to add shadows to a rendered scene

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shadow depth stencil volume buffer volumes used pass object scene front use render shadows light problem surface using technique method

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Shadow volumeis atechnique used in 3D computer graphics to add shadows to a rendered scene0.90text
Shadow volumerelated to ConstructionIn0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to ConstructionThese0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to ConstructionFor0.60section
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Shadow volumerelated to ConstructionThis0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to ConstructionTo0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to ConstructionDepending0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to Depth failAround0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to Depth failHeidmann's0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to Depth failInstead0.60section
Shadow volumerelated to Depth failThis0.60section

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