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Support for stereo rendering

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
ar-vr-xr, computer-graphics

Research direction

Start by reviewing the referenced DirectXTK pull request #41 and the existing effects and shader structure. Define how an IEffectStereo interface, geometry shader, and shader changes would support efficient left/right eye rendering across AR/VR platforms; done means stereo rendering works for the affected effects.

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Description

proposal

@Holographic and other AR/VR platforms require more complex transformations to handle left/right eye rendering efficiently.

See this pull request for some details on what this would entail.

This would probably entail adding an IEffectStereo interface to the effects, including a geometry shader for multiple render target selection, and shader changes to implement.

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