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GPU Gems 3 - Chapters 11, 12 & 13 now online

Chapters 11, 12, and 13 of GPU Gems 3 on are now up. This week's chapters cover more techniques for lighting and shadowing on the GPU.

Chapters this week:

• Chapter 11: Efficient and Robust Shadow Volumes Using Hierarchical Occlusion Culling and Geometry Shaders by Martin Stich (mental images), Carsten Wächter, and Alexander Keller (Ulm University)
• Chapter 12: High-Quality Ambient Occlusion by Jared Hoberock and Yuntao Jia (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Chapter 13: Volumetric Light Scattering as a Post-Process by Kenny Mitchell (Electronic Arts)