A method for effective Height Above Terrain (HAT) analysis display in avionics software is provided. The method enables the display of height above terrain analysis with high performance by the usage of high resolution data. The method includes preparing a shader program, mapping program variables, compiling the shader program, activating the compiled shader program and executing all graphics processing instructions; transferring elevation tiles and running the shader program; transferring an aircraft altitude; and running the shader program, comparing each cell's elevation value to the aircraft altitude and interpreting the difference in values, and displaying a colour value.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing light volume rendering techniques are disclosed. A processor is coupled to a memory. A processor renders the geometry of a scene into a geometry buffer. For a given light source in the scene, the processor initiates two shader pipeline passes to determine which pixels in the geometry buffer to light. On the first pass, the processor renders a front-side of a light volume corresponding to the light source. Any pixels of the geometry buffer which are in front of the front-side of the light volume are marked as pixels to be discarded. Then, during the second pass, only those pixels which were not marked to be discarded are sent to the pixel shader. This approach helps to reduce the overhead involved in applying a lighting effect to the scene by reducing the amount of work performed by the pixel shader.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing light volume rendering techniques are disclosed. A processor is coupled to a memory. A processor renders the geometry of a scene into a geometry buffer. For a given light source in the scene, the processor initiates two shader pipeline passes to determine which pixels in the geometry buffer to light. On the first pass, the processor renders a front-side of a light volume corresponding to the light source. Any pixels of the geometry buffer which are in front of the front-side of the light volume are marked as pixels to be discarded. Then, during the second pass, only those pixels which were not marked to be discarded are sent to the pixel shader. This approach helps to reduce the overhead involved in applying a lighting effect to the scene by reducing the amount of work performed by the pixel shader.

A method of rendering at least one of paths forming an object includes setting an initial value to each of tiles included in a frame based on a position and a proceeding direction of the at least one of paths, calculating a winding number of each of the tiles through which the at least one of paths passes, among the tiles included in the frame, based on the set initial value, and determining whether to perform shading based on the set initial value and the calculated winding number.

A method of rendering at least one of paths forming an object includes setting an initial value to each of tiles included in a frame based on a position and a proceeding direction of the at least one of paths, calculating a winding number of each of the tiles through which the at least one of paths passes, among the tiles included in the frame, based on the set initial value, and determining whether to perform shading based on the set initial value and the calculated winding number.

This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for fast incremental shared constants. In aspects, a CPU may determine/update shared constant data for a first draw call of a plurality of draw calls. The shared constant data, which may correspond to at least one shader, may be updated based on a draw call update for the first draw call. The CPU may communicate the updated shared constant data for the first draw call to a GPU. The GPU may receive, in at least one register, the updated shared constant data from the CPU and configure the at least one register based on the updated shared constant data corresponding to the draw call update of the first draw call of the plurality of draw calls.

This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for fast incremental shared constants. In aspects, a CPU may determine/update shared constant data for a first draw call of a plurality of draw calls. The shared constant data, which may correspond to at least one shader, may be updated based on a draw call update for the first draw call. The CPU may communicate the updated shared constant data for the first draw call to a GPU. The GPU may receive, in at least one register, the updated shared constant data from the CPU and configure the at least one register based on the updated shared constant data corresponding to the draw call update of the first draw call of the plurality of draw calls.

Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that identifies first graphics data that is associated with spatially proximate positions. The technology identifies second graphics data that is associated with spatially proximate positions, and interleaves the first and the second graphics data across a plurality of storage tiles.

Methods, systems and apparatuses may provide for technology that identifies first graphics data that is associated with spatially proximate positions. The technology identifies second graphics data that is associated with spatially proximate positions, and interleaves the first and the second graphics data across a plurality of storage tiles.

A system and method for improved graphics rendering in a video game environment.