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Weighted, Blended Order-Independent Transparency

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Morgan McGuire, Louis Bavoil (NVIDIA)

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Describes a fast OIT method for rendering transparency (glass, smoke, foliage) without per-pixel sorting. Uses two render targets and a full-screen composite pass, with simple shader code included. Widely used in real-time engines when sorted transparency is too costly.