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This company developed a rendering technique that uses three light maps instead of one in order to store the directionality of radiance. This creator of “radiosity normal mapping” published the 2007 paper “Improved Alpha-Tested Magnification of Vector Textures and Special Effects”, (15[1])which introduced a now-ubiquitous method of rendering fonts with signed distance fields. The Fossilize library for serializing Vulkan objects was made by this company to allow users to share and download pre-compiled shaders. This company made their own version of compatibility software Wine with (15[1])improved 3D performance, called (*) Proton. (10[1])This company used color correction to simulate (10[1])World War II-era footage in Day of Defeat, which also showcases the HDR rendering capabilities of their Source engine. (10[1])For 10 points, what company introduced new rendering techniques in games such as Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2? ■END■

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