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QuickStart Guide to (Ultra-)High Performance Visualizations is a groundbreaking work in Data Visualization. Including 8 chapters of cutting-edge content, this book challenges our understanding of Data Visualization.

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Can someone help me understand Parallel Programming from chapter 8? I'm struggling to see how it connects to GLSL....

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Can someone help me understand Rendering from chapter 6? I'm struggling to see how it connects to Graphics Pipeline....