Game Graphics: The Evolution of 3D Graphics

Myst was released in 1993 and was the first commercially successful 3D video game.

DirectX is a graphics API developed by Microsoft and is commonly used in game development.

The primary purpose of a graphics card in a gaming PC is to process and render 3D graphics.

Occlusion culling is a 3D graphics technique that involves dividing a 3D scene into smaller, manageable pieces for rendering.

Cook-Torrance shading is the name of the shading technique that simulates the scattering of light by rough surfaces.

Voxel-based rendering is a 3D graphics technique that involves using a grid of voxels to represent a 3D scene.

OpenGL is a graphics API developed by Khronos Group and is commonly used in cross-platform game development.

Ray tracing is a 3D graphics technique that involves tracing the path of light rays through a scene to generate an image.

Phong shading is the name of the shading technique that simulates the reflection of light from a surface.

Tessellation is a 3D graphics technique that involves dividing a polygon into smaller, more manageable triangles.

Metal is a graphics API developed by Apple and is commonly used in iOS and macOS game development.

Scene graph is a 3D graphics technique that involves using a hierarchy of objects to represent a 3D scene.

Blinn-Phong shading is the name of the shading technique that simulates the scattering of light by smooth surfaces.

Rasterization is a 3D graphics technique that involves using a grid of pixels to represent a 3D scene.

Vulkan is a graphics API developed by The Khronos Group and is commonly used in Android and Linux game development.