Interesting sessions at GDC2015

Short Japanese memo

• GDC2015 で興味があるセッションを下にリストアップしてみました.
• 1 番, 気になっているセッションは Far Cry 4 のレンダリングのセッションについてです. 軽く概要を読むと, 以下のような内容の話みたいです.
  • ライティングやマテリアル, 異方性 BRDF, 高解像度のディレクショナルなスカイオクルージョン, グローバルイルミネーションの仕組みの改良
  • 植生システムの作り直し(木の葉がアップになるとテッセレーションし, 遠目ではビルボード. 物理シミュレーションとの組み合わせ)
  • SMAA, SuperSampling

Game graphics

• Rendering the World of Far Cry 4
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/rendering-the-world-of-far-cry-4
• Far Cry 4, Assassin's Creed Unity and War Thunder: Spicing Up PC Graphics with GameWorks (Presented by NVIDIA)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/far-cry-4-assassins-creed-unity-and-war-thunder-spicing-up-pc-graphics-with-gameworks-presented-by-nvidia
• Assassin's Creed: Rendering Unity
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/assassins-creed-rendering-unity

Global Illumination

• Low Overhead Probe-based Global Illumination Using Ray Tracing (Presented by Imagination Technologies)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/low-overhead-probe-based-global-illumination-using-ray-tracing-presented-by-imagination-technologies
• Making Dreams Come True - Global Illumination with Enlighten (Presented by Geomerics, an ARM Company)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/making-dreams-come-true-global-illumination-with-enlighten-presented-by-geomerics-an-arm-company
• NVIDIA VXGI: Dynamic Global Illumination for Games (Presented by NVIDIA)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/nvidia-vxgi-dynamic-global-illumination-for-games-presented-by-nvidia

Graphics : Advanced Visual Effects With DirectX 11 & 12

• Precomputed Realtime Global Illumination and Physically Based Rendering in Unity
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/advanced-visual-effects-with-directx-11-12-precomputed-realtime-global-illumination-and-physically-based-rendering-in-unity
• Sparse Fluid Simulation and Hybrid Ray-traced Shadows for DirectX 11 & 12
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/advanced-visual-effects-with-directx-11-12-sparse-fluid-simulation-and-hybrid-ray-traced-shadows-for-directx-11-12

Game Engine

• Destiny's Multithreaded Rendering Architecture
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/destinys-multithreaded-rendering-architecture
• Multithreading the Entire Destiny Engine
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/multithreading-the-entire-destiny-engine
• Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine Using Fibers
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/parallelizing-the-naughty-dog-engine-using-fibers

GPU

• New GPU Features of NVIDIA's Maxwell Architecture (Presented by NVIDIA)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/creating-truly-scalable-game-engines-console-to-mobile-presented-by-imagination-technologies

Mobile graphics

• Creating Truly Scalable Game Engines - Console to Mobile (Presented by Imagination Technologies)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/creating-truly-scalable-game-engines-console-to-mobile-presented-by-imagination-technologies
• Unreal Engine 4 Mobile Graphics on ARM CPU and GPU Architecture (Presented by ARM)
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/unreal-engine-4-mobile-graphics-on-arm-cpu-and-gpu-architecture-presented-by-arm

AI

• Massive Crowd on Assassin's Creed Unity: AI Recycling
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/massive-crowd-on-assassins-creed-unity-ai-recycling
• Finding Balance: Realizing Responsive High Fidelity Character Movement in Just Cause 3
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/finding-balance-realizing-responsive-high-fidelity-character-movement-in-just-cause-3

Development

• Fast Iteration for Far Cry 4 - Optimizing Key Parts of the Dunia Pipeline
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/fast-iteration-for-far-cry-4-optimizing-key-parts-of-the-dunia-pipeline
• Frostbite: Implementing a Scripting Solution for Your Editor
  • http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/frostbite-implementing-a-scripting-solution-for-your-editor