Product Description

The last innovation that fundamentally altered 3D realism was pixel shading. The next great breakthrough is tessellation. The central feature of DirectX *1 and used in critically acclaimed games like Metro ***3 and Civilization V, tessellation allows the game designer to pack an enormous amount of geometry in the scene without sacrificing performance. Tessellation enables a wide range of visual effects that have previously been out of reach, such as:

• Organic characters with perfectly smooth curves
• Super fine surface detail such as thorns, nails, and skin aberrations
• Vast terrain rendering with complex geometric detail
• Dynamic level of detail with seamless transitions