verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message silicon studio co. ltd. type privately held company industry computer graphics video games founded 2000 headquarters tokyo japan key people teruyasu sekimoto honorary chairman takehiko terada president and ceo products 3d dot game heroes bravely default number of employees 195 1 website siliconstudio.co.jp silicon studio is a japanese computer graphics technology company and video game developer based in tokyo . as a technology company silicon studio has produced several products in the 3d computer graphics field including middleware software such as a post processing visual effects library called yebis as well as general real time graphics engines and game development engines such as orochi and mizuchi a physically based rendering engine . as a video game developer silicon studio has worked on different titles for several gaming platforms most notably the action adventure game 3d dot game heroes on the playstation 3 the role playing video game bravely default on the nintendo 3ds and fantasica on the ios and android mobile platforms . contents 1 history 2 video games 3 middleware 3.1 yebis 3.2 engines 4 references 5 external links history edit silicon studio was established in 2000 to deliver innovation in the digital entertainment technology and contents industry . it was founded by teruyasu sekimoto who was formerly the senior vice president of silicon graphics sgi . 2 specializing from the start in rendering technology research and development methods post processing visual effects game content development and online game solutions silicon studio created four main studios to achieve the highest productivity in these areas . the research team at silicon studio developed several techniques related to fields in visual effects shown at the computer entertainment developers conference such as post effect processing and global illumination . while traditionally a provider of middleware solutions for japanese game developers silicon studio has grown as an international company with a greater focus on the visibility of their products abroad . silicon studio has partnerships with a number of companies including french company allegorithmic canadian company audiokinetic british company stainless games italian companies such as kunos simulazioni and milestone american companies such as microsoft and pixar and japanese companies such as bandai namco dena dimps fromsoftware idea factory koei tecmo marvelous sega and sony computer entertainment . 3 silicon studio has also partnered with the following companies vivante 4 otoy 5 square enix and matchlock . in february 2014 silicon studio was selected by develop magazine as part of the develop 100 ones to watch list a list of 100 global companies that are on course to change development over the next 12 months . 6 in september 2014 silicon studio debuted their new mizuchi engine . citation needed video games edit games developed by silicon studio release date titles genre publisher s platform s 2007 operation darkness special thanks tactical role playing jp success na atlus xbox 360 2009 onore no shinzuru michi wo yuke action jp fromsoftware playstation portable 3d dot game heroes action adventure jp fromsoftware na atlus eu southpeak games playstation 3 2010 three kingdoms card battle social role playing silicon studio 7 mobage 2012 bravely default role playing jp square enix na pal nintendo nintendo 3ds fantasica tactical role playing silicon studio 7 mobage muramasa princess commander social card game 2014 monster takt role playing silicon studio 7 android ios 2014 age of ishtaria action role playing 2015 grand sphere role playing silicon studio android ios muramasa princess commander miyabi role playing card game 2015 bravely second end layer role playing jp square enix na pal nintendo nintendo 3ds middleware edit bishamon bishamon is a particle effect authoring tool and runtime library that works for many gaming platforms . it is developed by a partner company and is integrated with the orochi3 game development engine . 8 motion portrait motion portrait is a technology tool that can automatically animate a portrait . it supports both regular camera photos or non realistic character drawings . 9 yebis edit development for yebis originally began some time around 2004 . 10 notable video games that utilize yebis include 11 3d dot game heroes 2009 dynasty warriors 7 2011 gunslinger stratos 2012 fighter within 2013 monster monpiece 2013 the witch and the hundred knight 2013 saint seiya brave soldiers 2013 valhalla knights 3 2013 motogp 14 2014 mxgp the official motocross videogame 2014 bloodborne 2015 dragon ball xenoverse 2015 final fantasy xv 2016 software that support yebis include substance designer 4.3 11 substance painter 11 luminous studio 12 modo 13 otoy real time path tracing engine 10 yebis 2 yebis 2 is a post processing middleware solution that allows developers to create high quality lens simulation optical effects . 14 among various other features 14 yebis 2 includes the following features anti aliasing including msaa fxaa post process anti aliasing and image based anti aliasing . 15 depth of field including bokeh . 14 color temperature adjustment . 16 chromatic aberration . 17 high dynamic range rendering hdr rendering including real hdr rendering simulated hdr rendering and pseudo hdr rendering . 18 hdr based exposure simulation . 16 motion blur 14 for fast camera rotation movement and one for translation & scene objects movement . 10 multi color customizable glare . 14 optics simulation including lens effects and physically accurate optical effects . 10 ray tracing based algorithms for close simulation on camera lenses . 10 supports directx 11 opengl es 2.0 and opengl es 3.0 with plans for directx 12 and mantle support . 10 variegated customizable glare effects including hdr rendering and variegated tone mapping . 19 in june 2013 silicon studio announced that their next post processing middleware solution yebis 2 would be available for game developers on the playstation 4 and xbox one development network . at the e3 expo 2013 square enix s tech demo agni s philosophy was shown using yebis 2 post processing effects . 20 in august 2013 the yebis 2 tech demo rigid gems was featured in google s official unveiling of the nexus 7 mobile tablet . 21 22 yebis has also been used for the xbox one launch title fighter within . 23 in may 2014 silicon studio announced that their yebis 2 middleware was being utilized in the motogp 14 video racing game developed by milestone for playstation 4 . 24 yebis 2 is also utilized by square enix s luminous studio engine and the action role playing game final fantasy xv which runs on the luminous studio engine . 12 in 2014 allegorithmic announced that it had integrated yebis 2 with software such as substance designer 4.3 and substance painter 25 which are supported by the foundry s modo software . 13 otoy has also been using yebis for their real time path tracing engine on pc . 10 yebis 3 a new version of the yebis post processing effects middleware debuting in 2014 . in addition to the yebis 2 features mentioned above yebis 3 includes the following additional features blur simulation . citation needed bokeh simulation including open close simulation of diaphragm blades lens aberration correction simulations 26 and simulating full range of bokeh size from extremely small to full screen . 10 camera animations and focus point animations are much smoother and take into account diaphragm movements . 10 color space such as adobe rgb to display the right colors on special displays . 10 greatly improved quality . 10 high quality screen space ambient occlusion 27 ssao . 10 input output color space conversion . 27 iris diaphragm aperture closure simulation . 27 more precise physical simulation of the internal lens optical components and diaphragm by taking into account bokeh chromatic aberration color fringing and aperture shape . 10 movie level post processing effects . 28 in 2015 geomerics announced that it has integrated yebis 3 with the forge lighting tool for the enlighten 3 software . 29 engines edit orochi3 orochi3 is an all in one game development engine . it supports playstation4 xbox one playstation3 playstation vita xbox 360 and pc . 30 it is used by bandai namco entertainment s upcoming fighting game rise of incarnates . citation needed an earlier version of orochi was also used by square enix s third person shooter arcade game gunslinger stratos in 2012 . 31 mizuchi a new real time graphics engine that debuted in 2014 compatible with the pc and playstation 4 platforms . citation needed it is called mizuchi with the full title mizuchi the cutting edge real time rendering engine . it is intended to be used for various different applications including video game development films architectural and automobile visualization and academic research . 28 mizuchi includes the following features materials system 28 metals rust plastics leathers concrete leaves etc. 32 semi transparent materials such as glass . 32 layered materials for rich representation . 32 high resolution material technology . 28 lighting and shadows 32 wide range of light sources including directional lighting spot lighting spherical lighting area lighting and omnidirectional lighting . wide range of shadows including standard shadow omnidirectional shadow and cascade shadow . shading 28 including support for deferred shading and forward shading . 32 image based lighting . 32 real time global illumination including support for multiple bounces modular radiance transfer 33 and hybrid ray tracing . 34 rendering 28 physically based rendering . high quality rendering comparable to offline rendering . screen space effects screen space reflection screen space ambient occlusion and the latest in anti aliasing technology . 32 yebis 3 post processing effects middleware see above for list of features . 28 software development kit clean cross platform abstraction layer easily customizable rendering pipelines useful debugging utilities . 32 support tools material design tool integrated editor to edit materials and lighting scene graph smooth integration with digital content creation dcc tool workflow 32 integration with game engines and paint tools support for model files and texture files . 28 software documentation comprehensive tutorial for programmers & designers application programming interface api reference documentation . 32 in september 2014 a tech demo running on the engine called museum was revealed . it received a positive reception for the high visual quality of its real time graphics . 35 36 in december 2014 silicon studio announced the mizuchi engine will be compatible with the pc at 60 frames per second and the playstation 4 at 30 frames per second . citation needed xenko xenko formerly known as paradox is a game development framework with an asset pipeline and a cross platform runtime supporting ios android windows uwp linux and playstation4 . it is currently under on going development but currently available as free and open source for xenko beta version 1.8 x . 37 references edit http www.siliconstudio.co.jp corporate http www.siliconstudio.co.jp en corporate the innovation of silicon studio sp detail02.html official website http www.siliconstudio.co.jp en pr 2013 en1309sskk vivante.html http www.siliconstudio.co.jp en pr 2013 pdf siliconstudio otoy.pdf http www.develop online.net news develop 100 ones to watch 2014 free to download now 0189066 a b c http www.siliconstudio.co.jp en products service apps http www.matchlock.co.jp english page id 46 http www.siliconstudio.co.jp en middleware motion portrait a b c d e f g h i j k l m http gamingbolt.com yebis engine interview developing physically accurate 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