http://wwwcg.in.tum.de/Research/Publications/TerrainRayCasting http://wwwcg.in.tum.de/Research/Publications/TerrainRayCasti... Claims ~30fps @1080p on an Nvi

http://wwwcg.in.tum.de/Research/Publications/TerrainRayCasting http://wwwcg.in.tum.de/Research/Publications/TerrainRayCasti... Claims ~30fps @1080p on an Nvida 260GT (that's a reasonable gamer card today) Seems like a more formal reinvention of this guy's "Quadtree Displacement Mapping" http://www.drobot.org/ http://www.drobot.org/ You would be better to check out drobot's slides first. More descriptive, less formal.