Rendering quality roadmap: layered PBR and renderer foundations - #147

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Commits on Jul 27, 2026

WIP snapshot: rendering roadmap before PR integration
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/fix/audit-followups-ci-rt-safety' into codex/pr-integration-20260727
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feat/apple-gamepad-lifecycle-audio' into codex/pr-integration-20260727
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/codex/linux-worker' into codex/pr-integration-20260727
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Merge rendering WIP with PRs #124, #125, and #146
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into codex/pr-integration-20260727
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Improve HDR specular prefilter stability
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Expose layered PBR material descriptor
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Align path tracing with layered PBR base contract
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Keep path tracer shader under line limit
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Fix web build and integrated file-line gate
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Add lazy layered path tracing sidecar
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Add scalar clearcoat path transport
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Add scalar specular IOR path transport
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Add scalar sheen path transport
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Add scalar anisotropic GGX path transport
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Add scalar iridescent path transport
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Add textured specular path transport
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Add UV1 specular path transport
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Add textured clearcoat path transport
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Add textured sheen path transport
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Add textured iridescence path transport
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Add textured anisotropy path transport
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Fix SSR temporal history lifetime
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Fix SSGI temporal history lifetime
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Fix TAA temporal history ownership
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Fix auto-exposure history lifetime
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Fix path-tracing history resets
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Add unified temporal camera-cut reset
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Add capture-only temporal diagnostics
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Add temporal camera motion sequence gate
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Expand temporal motion regression corpus
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Fix cached model temporal motion
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Gate emissive temporal convergence
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Bound and diagnose SSR fireflies
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Gate refractive temporal motion
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Add capture-only SSR temporal diagnostics
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Commits on Jul 28, 2026

Fix and diagnose SSGI temporal history
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Add capture-only PT temporal diagnostics
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Decouple path tracing preparation from SSGI
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Gate realtime path tracing rigid motion
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Gate realtime path tracing lighting changes
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Gate realtime path tracing reset seeds
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Require temporal quality evidence
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Restore Hi-Z SSGI indirect lighting
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Fix WSRC octahedral corner wrapping
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Unify local and PR quality lanes
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Qualify canonical examples and WebGPU startup
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Ignore Python tooling caches
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Preserve CI failure evidence
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Pin releases to qualified tag commits
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Stabilize Linux WebGPU browser smoke
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Use Chromium's SwiftShader WebGPU test path
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Present Linux WebGPU smoke through Xvfb
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Qualify Linux-built WebGPU package on macOS
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Define data-driven renderer capability tiers
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Negotiate native renderer devices by capability
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Use shared device negotiation on Windows
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Use bounded renderer negotiation on Android
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Use bounded renderer negotiation on iOS
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Use bounded renderer negotiation on tvOS
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Use bounded renderer negotiation on visionOS
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Compile declared mobile targets in PR CI
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Expose renderer capabilities to TypeScript
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Return status for unsupported renderer modes
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Report renderer setting support across platforms
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Require capability snapshots in quality evidence
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Coalesce steady-state lighting uploads
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Measure steady-state bind group creation
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Cache final composite bind groups
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Cache scene compose bind groups
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Cache SSR temporal bind groups
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Cache ordinary TAA bind groups
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Cache reactive TAA bind groups
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Cache upscale bind group
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Cache optional postfx bind groups
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Eliminate remaining postfx bind group churn
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Measure steady-state graph resource creation
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Track steady-state pipeline creation
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Report uncapped headless qualification truthfully
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Prove static renderer memory stability
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Add controlled renderer performance qualification
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Label comparison engine revisions explicitly
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Isolate renderer benchmark dependencies
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Measure complete renderer submission frames
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Document steady-state performance gains
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Attach capability snapshots to qualification results
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Pin the shared temporal motion convention
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Track immediate primitive motion history
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Add authored reactive coverage for particles
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Record custom particle temporal evidence
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Keep reactive material detection web portable
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Restore legacy skinned motion vectors
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Qualify remaining temporal motion producers
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Track unkeyed skin motion history
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Document remaining motion producer qualification
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Make quality presets own reconstruction quality
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Qualify preset resolution and performance
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Document coherent quality tiers
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Qualify coherent quality preset rollout
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Consolidate temporal resource qualification
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Trace independent clearcoat normals
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Keep layered PT resources within policy
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Exercise textured path tracing on Metal
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Localize textured PT fixture UVs
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Document clearcoat normal PT qualification
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Gate clearcoat normal motion stability
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Add layered PBR angular reference corpus
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Gate layered renderer reference parity
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Document layered PBR qualification gates
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Add deterministic meshlet geometry cooker
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Document cooked geometry v1 evidence
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Add boundary-safe meshlet hierarchy cooking
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Document atomic hierarchy qualification
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Pack virtual geometry roots into a page prefix
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Document coarse geometry page placement
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Add pinned Khronos material qualification
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Preserve scaled glTF volume thickness
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Document Khronos material qualification
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Render bounded dynamic VSM page overlays
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Document dynamic VSM overlay qualification
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Add page-stable directional shadow clipmaps
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Document directional clipmap qualification
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Preserve VSM pages across clipmap rebases
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Keep stable VSM frames on the fast path
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Document VSM clipmap scroll qualification
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Add moving-light VSM transition oracle
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Document moving-light VSM qualification
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Use fixed VSM receiver request compaction
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Document VSM request compaction qualification
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Add gated async VSM receiver marking
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Document async VSM receiver qualification
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Keep experimental VSM GPU marking opt-in
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Correct VSM GPU receiver qualification
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Commits on Jul 29, 2026

Add bounded VSM caster indirect submission
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Document qualified VSM caster submission
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Add VSM contact detail qualification
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Record VSM contact detail evidence
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Gate VSM behind the high renderer tier
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Record VSM capability fallback evidence
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Automate VSM caster coverage qualification
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Record VSM caster coverage evidence
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Add full-scene VSM motion qualification
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Keep VSM motion fixtures fully opt-in
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Record full-scene VSM motion evidence
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Complete VSM debug capture views
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Record VSM debug view evidence
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Add bounded local virtual shadows
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Keep local VSM sampling inert without requests
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Split virtual shadow tests from runtime
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Format extracted virtual shadow tests
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Record bounded local VSM evidence
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Add bounded spot virtual shadows
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Record bounded spot VSM evidence
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Clarify virtual shadow follow-up scope
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Add opt-in quantized geometry payloads
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Record quantized geometry evidence
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Add content-addressed geometry manifests
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Record content-addressed asset evidence
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Add deterministic cooked asset index
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Record deterministic asset index evidence
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Commits on Aug 8, 2026

fix(ci): satisfy rendering lint and file ratchet
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fix(render): preserve shadows across cascade handoff
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test(render): reproduce combined shadow motion
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fix(render): hand off shadow receivers outside cascade fit
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refactor(render): extract batched 2d shader source
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feat(render): lock packed visibility buffer contract
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test(render): prove visibility raster reconstruction on GPU
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test(render): prove visibility geometry reconstruction
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feat(render): add opt-in visibility runtime diagnostic
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fix(render): negotiate layered PBR texture limits
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feat(render): shade eligible pixels from visibility
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perf(render): route visibility indirect streams
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test(render): prove visibility MRT parity
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Commits on Aug 9, 2026

fix(render): preserve visibility shading gradients
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fix(quality): recognize visibility resource telemetry
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fix(render): preserve compatibility surface ownership
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perf(render): inline visibility depth and shading
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feat(geometry): add validated runtime residency
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docs(geometry): record runtime residency evidence
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feat(geometry): add fixed GPU page residency
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docs(geometry): record GPU page pool evidence
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feat(geometry): select virtual clusters on gpu
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docs(geometry): record hierarchy traversal evidence
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feat(geometry): emit virtual indirect draws
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docs(geometry): record virtual draw evidence
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feat(geometry): carry temporal material state
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docs(geometry): qualify temporal material ABI
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feat(renderer): namespace virtual visibility IDs
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feat(geometry): raster virtual visibility IDs
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fix(renderer): exercise virtual ID contract
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docs(geometry): qualify virtual visibility raster
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feat(geometry): reconstruct virtual visibility PBR
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feat(geometry): qualify virtual PBR reconstruction
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docs(evidence): record virtual PBR qualification
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feat(example): add rich Bistro launch profile
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fix(rendering): stabilize SSGI probe history during motion
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fix(rendering): suppress sharpen halos at silhouettes
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feat(rendering): add bounded virtual draw fallback
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feat(models): preserve shared glTF scene placements
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fix(rendering): bound occluded surface retries
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fix(rendering): stabilize temporal history across surfaces
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fix(models): preserve textured specular glossiness
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fix(renderer): upload inverse view projection for WGSL
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fix(renderer): keep static TAA history aligned
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fix(bistro): keep reference presentation optically clear
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feat(renderer): track per-pixel TAA confidence
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test(renderer): allow GPU resource reclamation
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fix(renderer): reject view-stale SSR history
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fix(renderer): shadow indirect fallback hits
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test(renderer): require visible indirect sun
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fix(web): remap shared model textures safely
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refactor(renderer): split oversized rendering modules
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fix(renderer): retain valid temporal texture detail
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perf(renderer): streamline temporal color rejection
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fix(renderer): align temporal clamp to output footprint
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fix(bistro): apply interactive quality overrides
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fix(renderer): preserve native temporal detail
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fix(renderer): stop ultra preset blurring every material
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fix(renderer): tighten default temporal statistics footprint
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fix(bistro): keep quality inspection motion sharp
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fix(renderer): preserve reprojected detail during camera motion
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