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Geomerics is a software company based in Cambridge, UK. It was founded in 2005 and specialises in creating lighting technology for the games industry.

Technology

Geomerics main product is Enlighten^[1], which computes radiosity in real-time on Playstation_3, Xbox 360 and PC^[2]. Enlighten processes scene geometry in an offline step, allowing for real-time updates of the lighting and surface properties in a level.

Titles

Enlighten is incorporated into the Frostbite 2 engine^[3], created by EA DICE studio. It can be seen in Battlefield 3^[4], and Need for Speed: The Run. Enlighten has been licensed for a variety of other titles including Eve Online.

References

^ EDGE Codeshop [1] February 2008
^ Sam Martin (Geomerics), Per Einarsson (DICE) "A real-time radiosity architecture for video games2, in "Advances in Real-Time Rendering,SIGGRAPH 2010
^ Kenny Magnusson (DICE) ,"Lighting you up in Battlefield 3", GDC 2011
^ EDGE, May 2011, p28-29

External Links

Geomerics website

[1] EDGE Codeshop [1] February 2008

[2] Sam Martin (Geomerics), Per Einarsson (DICE) "A real-time radiosity architecture for video games2, in "Advances in Real-Time Rendering,SIGGRAPH 2010

[3] Kenny Magnusson (DICE) ,"Lighting you up in Battlefield 3", GDC 2011

[4] EDGE, May 2011, p28-29

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+'''Geomerics''' is a software company based in [[Cambridge]], UK. It was founded in 2005 and specialises in creating lighting technology for the [[Video game|games]] industry.
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-'''Geomerics''' is a software company with offices in [[Cambridge]] and agents is USA and Japan. Geomerics was founded in 2005 and the company specialises in creating lighting technology for the [[Video game|games]] industry.
 ==Technology==
-Geomerics flagship product is '''Enlighten''', which computes [[Radiosity_(3D_computer_graphics)|radiosity]] in real-time on [[Playstation_3|Playstation_3]], [[Xbox_360|Xbox 360]] and PC<ref> Sam Martin [http://www.geomerics.com/downloads/radiosity_architecture.pdf "A real-time radiosity architecture for video games2], SIGGRAPH 2010</ref>. Enlighten processes scene geometry in an offline step, allowing for real-time updates of the lighting in a level. Surface properties such as colour can also be updated dynamically.
+Geomerics main product is '''Enlighten'''<ref>EDGE Codeshop [http://www.next-gen.biz/features/codeshop-step-into-the-light] February 2008</ref>, which computes [[Radiosity_(3D_computer_graphics)|radiosity]] in real-time on [[Playstation_3|Playstation_3]], [[Xbox_360|Xbox 360]] and PC<ref> Sam Martin (Geomerics), Per Einarsson (DICE) [http://www.geomerics.com/downloads/radiosity_architecture.pdf "A real-time radiosity architecture for video games2], in "Advances in Real-Time Rendering,SIGGRAPH 2010</ref>. Enlighten processes scene geometry in an offline step, allowing for real-time updates of the lighting and surface properties in a level.
-In 2011 Geomerics spun out some of its non-core intellectual property in the network management company Real-Status. Real-Status applies videogame technology to the problem of managing a large IT infrastructure.
 ==Titles==
-Enlighten is incorporated into the [[Frostbite_Engine|Frostbite 2]] engine<ref>Kenny Magnusson ,[http://publications.dice.se/ "Lighting you up in Battlefield 3"], GDC 2011</ref>, ensuring its use in a range of [[Electronic_Arts|EA]] titles. These include [[Battlefield_3|Battlefield 3]], and [[Need_for_Speed:_The_Run|Need for Speed: The Run]]. Enlighten has also been licensed by [[CCP_Games|CCP Games]] for a range of titles including the iconic [[Eve_Online|Eve Online]].  Many more publishers have licensed Enlighten, though details of specific titles are usually held back until closer to launch.
+Enlighten is incorporated into the [[Frostbite_Engine|Frostbite 2]] engine<ref>Kenny Magnusson (DICE) ,[http://publications.dice.se/ "Lighting you up in Battlefield 3"], GDC 2011</ref>, created by [[Electronic_Arts|EA]] DICE studio. It can be seen in [[Battlefield_3|Battlefield 3]]<ref>EDGE, May 2011, p28-29</ref>, and [[Need_for_Speed:_The_Run|Need for Speed: The Run]]. Enlighten has been licensed for a variety of other titles including [[Eve_Online|Eve Online]].
 ==References==
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 ==External Links==
 * [http://www.geomerics.com Geomerics website]
-* [http://www.real-status.com Real-Status website]
+[[Category:Software companies of the United Kingdom]]
-* [http://www.ea.com/uk/battlefield3 Battlefield 3]