The Medusa demo is a NVIDIA's interpretation of the legendary snake-headed woman whose venomous gaze turned her victims to stone. You'll see we've taken a few liberties on this mythological tale.
Key Features
Full cinematic short story rendered in real time featuring multiple characters in a complex environment.
Emotional character facial animation implemented with "texture buffers" allowing for unlimited blend shape combinations.
Realistic character rendering with multiple passes for shadows, skin shading, depth and color accelerated with "stream out".
Dynamic stone "grows" through the generation of geometry on the GPU using "geometry shaders".