US 2023/0141387 A1Published application

Method and apparatus for enhanced graphics rendering in a video game environment

AssigneeTake-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

InventorsAlexandre HADJADJ, Raymond KERR, Steve REED, Tyler ROBERTSON, Owen SHEPHERD, Flavius ALECU, Rick STIRLING

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A system and method for improved graphics rendering in a video game environment.

Dependent claims

A method for graphics rendering global illumination in a gaming environment, the method comprising:

generating a texture map storing reflected light of a video game scene in the gaming environment, each texel of the generated map storing a reflected color as a red/green/blue triplet;
determining a bounced light per pixel from a ground of the gaming environment based on the generated texture map;
sampling the generated texture map for access lighting.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

A63F 13/52
Controlling the output signals based on the game progress: involving aspects of the displayed game scene
A63F 13/57
Controlling game characters or game objects based on the game progress: simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world,…
A63F 13/65
Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or…:…
G06T 15/005
Three-dimensional [3D] image rendering: general purpose rendering architectures

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