psychopy.tools.gltools.createQueryObject

psychopy.tools.gltools.createQueryObject(target=35007)[source]

Create a GL query object.

Parameters:

target (Glenum or int) – Target for the query.

Returns:

Query object.

Return type:

QueryObjectInfo

Examples

Get GPU time elapsed executing rendering/GL calls associated with some stimuli (this is not the difference in absolute time between consecutive beginQuery and endQuery calls!):

# create a new query object
qGPU = createQueryObject(GL_TIME_ELAPSED)

beginQuery(query)
myStim.draw()  # OpenGL calls here
endQuery(query)

# get time elapsed in seconds spent on the GPU
timeRendering = getQueryValue(qGPU) * 1e-9

You can also use queries to test if vertices are occluded, as their samples would be rejected during depth testing:

drawVAO(shape0, GL_TRIANGLES)  # draw the first object

# check if the object was completely occluded
qOcclusion = createQueryObject(GL_ANY_SAMPLES_PASSED)

# draw the next shape within query context
beginQuery(qOcclusion)
drawVAO(shape1, GL_TRIANGLES)  # draw the second object
endQuery(qOcclusion)

isOccluded = getQueryValue(qOcclusion) == 1

This can be leveraged to perform occlusion testing/culling, where you can render a cheap version of your mesh/shape, then the more expensive version if samples were passed.


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