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Umbra (3D technology company)

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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 is the expert in visibility optimization. Umbra providers 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.

dPVS

dPVS is software occlusion culling middleware for PC, GameCube, Xbox and PS2.

dPVS is known to be used at least in the following games:

Umbra

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

Umbra is known to be used at least in the following games: