Ambient Occlusion
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The wiki is now hosted by GameDev.NET at wiki.gamedev.net. All gpwiki.org content has been moved to the new server. However, the GPWiki forums are still active! Come say hello. Ambient Occlusion is a fairly new technique for realtime lighting that produces an extra layer of realism to current ambient lighting. Ambient lighting in the fixed function pipeline currently means that a standard colour is applied over a mesh, without taking the actually geometry of the mesh into account. With ambient occlusion, some areas appear darker than others. |
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