[Open-graphics] Suggesting a feature to support another nichec market ... stereoscopic LCDs

[Timothy Normand Miller]

On 8/9/07, Hugh Fisher <hugh.fisher at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Timothy Normand Miller wrote:
>
> > Is the number space too big to make use of lookup tables for some of
> > the work?  We're working with limited-range integers.
>
> If you look at Viktors composite function, it's just add,
> subtract, left shift by 2 of the final RGB components.
> Unsigned bytes, results clamped to 0..255 range.
>
> (But I haven't been paying too much attention to the
> hardware discussions lately, maybe y'all decided to
> switch to floating point? :-) )

We'll use float to necessary precision in the GPU, but wherever we can
avoid it, we will.  This looks like a good place to avoid it.

-- 
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project