“The real-time reprojection cache” by Nehab, Sander and Isidoro
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- The real-time reprojection cache
Session/Category Title: Cache Flow
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We describe a simple and inexpensive method that uses stock graphics hardware to cache and track surface information through time. Cached information is stored in frame-buffers, thereby avoiding complex data-structures and bus traffic. When a new frame is rendered, an efficient reprojection method gives each new pixel access to information computed during previous frames.This idea can be used to adapt a variety of real-time rendering techniques to efficiently exploit spatio-temporal coherence. When applications are pixel bound, the cached algorithms show significant cost and/or quality improvements over their plain counterparts, at virtually no extra implementation overhead.
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