基于CUDA的细分曲面阴影体算法

为了在虚拟现实、电脑游戏等图形应用中更快速生成和实时绘制细分曲面的阴影,提出采用CUDA架构的GPU阴影体生成算法.该算法采用基于CUDA的曲面细分算法,通过CUDA共享内存结构使表面细分过程更加高效.采用基于CUDA的阴影体算法产生阴影轮廓线以及拉伸出阴影体.通过基于CUDA的流式缩减算法对阴影体数组进行压缩.通过优化CUDA和OpenGL的互操作,将绘制过程从以往算法的3步减少为2步.该算法在具有CUDA硬件的标准PC上进行测试.实验结果表明,与之前的GPU的算法相比,该算法可以生成更复杂细分曲面的阴影体,阴影体数组占用显存空间降低到2%以下,并可获得高达4倍的绘制速度提升.

CUDA based shadow volume algorithm for subdivision surfaces

A new GPU based shadow volume generation algorithm based on CUDA structure was proposed for fast generation and real-time rendering of shadow of subdivision surfaces in computer games and virtual reality applications.The algorithm introduces CUDA-based surface subdivision algorithm.Generation of surface subdivisions can run faster by using shared memory structure.CUDA-based shadow volume algorithm was introduced to generate the shadow silhouette line and extrude the shadow volume.CUDA-based stream reduction algorithm was introduced to reduce the shadow volume array.An optimized interoperation between CUDA and OPENGL was introduced to simplify the rendering step of the algorithm from three steps to two steps.Implemented on a standard PC with CUDA hardware,experiments show that the algorithm can generate the shadow volume of more complex subdivision surfaces compared with former GPU-based ones.The algorithm needs smaller video memory for the shadow volume array to less than 2%,and the rendering performance can gain acceleration up to more than four times.