Gabe Newell
President, Valve
Book Recommendations:
Recommended by Gabe Newell
“Rendering has been a required reference for professional graphics practitioners for nearly a decade. This latest edition is as relevant as ever, covering topics from essential mathematical foundations to advanced techniques used by today’s cutting edge games.” (from Amazon)
by Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman·You?
by Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman·You?
Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of programmable shaders, a wide variety of new algorithms have arisen and evolved over the past few years. This edition discusses current, practical rendering methods used in games and other applications. It also presents a solid theoretical framework and relevant mathematics for the field of interactive computer graphics, all in an approachable style. The authors have made the figures used in the book available for download for fair use.:Download Figures.