Introduction to Direct3D 10 Course (SIGGRAPH 2007)

The general release of Windows Vista in January 2007 included a major new revision of the Direct3D graphics platform. Unlike previous generations of Direct3D, version 10 is a radical redesign of the entire rendering stack in hardware and software. The Direct3D 10 API has been designed to significantly streamline the rendering pipeline for greatly increased performance, stability, consistency, and greatly simplified configuration for applications while providing increased generality and flexibility. While there are many new opportunities, there are also new challenges with porting existing graphics code, extending support across a broad range of platforms, and creating scalable and exploitative content. This course equips the attendee with a broad understanding of the new technology, detailed insight into the rendering pipeline and shading language extensions, a working knowledge of getting up and running on Direct3D 10, and practical advice for creating, porting, and tuning Direct3D 10 applications.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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