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==Products==
==Products==
Umbra Software developed two known products: '''sPVS'''<ref>http://www.umbrasoftware.com/index.php?products&spvs</ref> and '''Umbra'''<ref>http://www.umbrasoftware.com/index.php?products&umbra</ref>.
Umbra Software developed two known products: '''sPVS'''<ref>http://www.umbrasoftware.com/index.php?products&spvs</ref> and '''Umbra Occlusion Booster'''<ref>http://www.umbrasoftware.com/index.php?page=umbra-occlusion-booster</ref>.


[[sPVS]] is software [[occlusion culling]] preprocessing middleware for PC, [[GameCube]], [[Xbox]] and [[PlayStation 2]].
[[sPVS]] is software [[occlusion culling]] preprocessing middleware for PC, [[GameCube]], [[Xbox]] and [[PlayStation 2]].

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Umbra Software Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer and video game middleware
FoundedHelsinki, Finland (2005)
HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland
WebsiteUmbra Software

Umbra Software Ltd. is a graphics software technology company founded 2005 in Helsinki, Finland. Umbra Software specializes in visibility optimization. Umbra provides visibility optimization middleware for games on PC and console platforms.

History

Umbra Software was spun off from Hybrid Graphics in 2005. Umbra Software acquired Hybrid Graphics' dPVS and continued its development. Umbra Software's most recent product Umbra, hardware accelerated occlusion culling middleware, was released in September 2007.

Products

Umbra Software developed two known products: sPVS[1] and Umbra Occlusion Booster[2].

sPVS is software occlusion culling preprocessing middleware for PC, GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2.

Umbra is GPU accelerated occlusion culling middleware for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

References