The Quake 3 Arena Rendering Architecture https://v.idtech.space/videos/watch/ad366f8c-220b-4c0f-8122-04d0d5e69cf1 This video presentation from the 1999 Game Developers Conference explores the architecture of id Software's latest first-person shooter, Quake 3 Arena. Brian Hook discusses basic research into curved surface rendering, issues dealt with in deploying an OpenGL based game, the architecture of the back-end shading pipeline, the lighting model, and LOD algorithms for models and curved surfaces. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:55:59 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://v.idtech.space The Quake 3 Arena Rendering Architecture https://v.idtech.space/lazy-static/avatars/4047fbcc-c7dd-4827-ac50-29fce9a79720.png https://v.idtech.space/videos/watch/ad366f8c-220b-4c0f-8122-04d0d5e69cf1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://v.idtech.space/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.