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Old 04-16-2011, 02:08 PM
Derinahon Derinahon is offline
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What does SSAO stand for and what does it do?

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Screen Space Ambient Occlusion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_...ient_Occlusion

Edit: Actually that wiki page doesn't explain very well. It's a form of ambient occlusion, the aim of which is to simulate the way light disperses and reflects off a surface / object / scene. With SSAO you get nice shading in the corners of walls for example.
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