Meanings
- uncountablecomputer graphicsA rasterization optimization technique where on every pass only a part of the final resolution is rendered (sometimes in a checkerboard pattern) to then be interpolated (spatially or temporally), usually in order to increase performance.
Figure 6: Checkerboard rendering using two different screen space surface splatting algorithms.
2003, Thomas Ertl, Vision, Modeling, and Visualization 2003: Proceedings, page 491Synonyms: checkerboarding
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rasterization optimization technique where on every pass only a part of the final resolution is rendered (sometimes in a checkerboard pattern) to then be interpolated (spatially or temporally), usually in order to increase performance.
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