A Modular Framework for Deformation and Fracture using GPU Shaders

摘要

Advances in the graphical realism of modern videoudgames have been achieved mainly through the development ofudthe GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), providing a dedicatedudgraphics co-processor and framebuffer. The most recent GPU’sudare extremely capable and so flexible that it is now possible toudimplement a wide range of algorithms on graphics hardwareudthat were previously confined to the computer’s CPU (CentraludProcessing Unit). We present a modular framework for real-timeudsimulation of deformation and fracture for use in computer gamesudthat, rather than employing a General Purpose GPU (GPGPU)udFramework, implements aspects of the simulation within shaderudprograms on recent GPU’s.