Labs R&D: rendering techniques in rise of the Tomb Raider

ABSTRACT

In this course/talk we aim to give a cohesive overview of the advanced rendering techniques developed for the upcoming 2015 blockbuster, Rise of the Tomb Raider. We will present a collection of diverse features, the challenges they presented, where current approaches succeed and fail, followed by our own solutions and implementation details.

References

1. Barré-Brisebois, C. 2014. Deformable Snow Rendering in Batman™: Arkham Origins. GDC 2014.
2. Vos, N. 2014. Volumetric Light Effects in Killzone: Shadow Fall. In GPU Pro 5, CRC Press, 2014, pp. 127--147.
3. McGuire, M., Mara, M., and Luebcke, D. 2012. Scalable Ambient Obscurance. High-Performance Graphics 2012.

Index Terms

• Computing methodologies

  • Computer graphics

    • Image manipulation

    • Rendering