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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Daniel Horowitz, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Floyd Aronson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jonathan Thomas Steed, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Lawrence Bleisch, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Horowitz, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Floyd Aronson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jonathan Thomas Steed, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Lawrence Bleisch, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and methods for providing shading effects include a shading network possessing the ability to create, maintain, and incrementally evolve shading techniques and effects. The shader network provides the ability to encapsulate CPU and GPU code into a self-contained node that can be transported between renderers. As a result, authors can develop reusable shading techniques that can express the wide range of effects available via utilization of CPU and GPU code. The shader network also provides the capability to compose multiple nodes into a reusable 'macro' node that affords authors the ability to build derivative shading effects without the need to modify an application's renderer or constituent nodes.