Stereoscopic rendering using vertix shader instancing

An apparatus to generate vertices for graphical rendering comprising:

• graphics processing unit (GPU);
• an instance generator for execution by the GPU to generate first and second instances of a plurality of vertices corresponding to primitives that are a representation of a scene to be displayed;
• and
• a vertex transformer for execution by the GPU to transform the first instance of the plurality of vertices to a first projected space in a first portion of a two-dimensional (2D) area and to transform the second instance of the plurality of vertices to a second projected space in the 2D area, the first portion of the 2D area corresponding to a first stereoscopic view of the scene and the second portion of the 2D area corresponding to a second stereoscopic view of the scene, wherein the first and second stereoscopic views may be displayed to provide an illusion of depth in a 2D representation of the scene.

A computing-implemented method for rendering stereoscopic views of a scene comprising:

• generating first and second instances of a plurality of vertices corresponding to primitives that are a representation of a scene to be displayed;
• transforming the first instance of the plurality of vertices to a first projected space in a first portion of a two-dimensional (2D) area, the first portion of the 2D area corresponding to a first stereoscopic view of the scene;
• and
• transforming the second instance of the plurality of vertices to a second projected space in the 2D area, the second portion of the 2D area corresponding to a second stereoscopic view of the scene, wherein the first and second stereoscopic views may be displayed to provide an illusion of depth in a 2D representation of the scene.

At least one machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• generate first and second instances of a plurality of vertices corresponding to primitives that are representation of a scene to be displayed;
• transform the first instance of the plurality of vertices to a first projected space in a first portion of a two-dimensional (2D) area, the first portion of the 2D area corresponding to a first stereoscopic view of the scene;
• and
• transform the second instance of the plurality of vertices to a second projected space in the 2D area, the second portion of the 2D area corresponding to a second stereoscopic view of the scene, wherein the first and second stereoscopic views may be displayed to provide an illusion of depth in a 2D representation of the scene, the first and second projected spaces offset from each other relative to a fixed point in each of the first and second portions of the 2D representation.