GPU Voxel Downsampling with Compute Shaders
For downsampling of GI voxel data, I found that a compute shader offers the best performance. The first step was to add support for compute shaders into Ultra Engine. 
I've never used these before but I was able to get them working pretty quickly. I think the user API will look something like this:
//Load compute shader auto module = LoadShaderModule("Shaders/Compute/test.comp.spv"); auto shader = CreateShader(); shader->SetModule(module, SHADER_COMPUTE); //Create work group int workercount = 8; auto workgroup = CreateWorkgroup(shader, workercount, workercount, workercount);
This is not using my final formula. It's not even using bilinear sampling, it's just using a single sample from the previous mipmap. But it's basically working:
Next I will fix up the downfilter sampling and then we can start doing GI and reflections again. Basically, we are in exactly the same place we were a month ago, except now the voxelization process is instantaneous, and will work with animated models and objects in motion. Below is a shot of the results I was getting previously:
It will be very interesting to see this working with animated models. Maybe we can remake the first level of Quake 2 and compare it to the RTX version.
I'd like to thank Vilém Otte for his helpful advice with this.
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