Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO) is a computer graphics technique for efficiently approximating the ambient occlusion effect in real time.

Ambient occlusion techniques are expensive as they have to take surrounding geometry into account. In 2007, Crytek published a technique called screen-space ambient occlusion (SSAO)...

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO). SSAO is one of those effects you never knew you needed and can't live without once you have it. It can take a scene from mediocre to wow!

Originally posted on 05/01/2011. Background. Ambient occlusion is an approximation of the amount by which a point on a surface is occluded by the surrounding geometry...

What does SSAO mean? It stands for 'screen space ambient occlusion'. It is a great alternative to normal ambient occlusion, especially for games with lower visual settings.

Note: Not to be confused with baked ambient occlusion on models! To do: Expand the article to include different methods of SSAO. The method described is one of many. Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) works by examining an onscreen pixel...

SSAO or Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion was the type of occlusion introduced by Crytek in their debut of Crysis. However, to save the processing power, SSAO doesn't consider the space and...

SSAO makes the back (look at the wall etc.) of the room darker. This looks more realistic, as there is no light The SSAO is technically less accurate too, because the door shouldn't be casting shadows out...

...for Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, HBAO = Horizon-Based Ambient Occlusion, and finally What are the differences between SSAO, HBAO and HDAO in Far Cry 3? There are differences in...