Quake's PVS: A hidden gem of rendering optimization

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Quake
Game:
Quake (1996)
Duration: 6:48
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A look at how Quake uses portal graphs to pre-calculate visibility information.

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00:00 Intro
00:43 Portal graphs
01:57 Visibility in a linear graph
05:15 Recursive trace

Music Credits:
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Heavy Interlude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100515

Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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Pioneers by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Artist: http://audionautix.com/
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