I am learning ParallaxOcclusionMapping recently, but i get in trouble now.
I can't comprehend the following codes well which are found in ParallaxOcclusionMapping sample in DX9.
Is there any theory or basis behind the codes, especially the number and weight, such as 0.88, 0.77, 0.66?
if ( g_bDisplayShadows == true )
{
float2 vLightRayTS = vLightTS.xy * g_fHeightMapScale;
// Compute the soft blurry shadows taking into account self-occlusion for
// features of the height field:
float sh0 = tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase, dx, dy ).a;
float shA = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.88, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.88 ) * 1 * g_fShadowSoftening;
float sh9 = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.77, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.77 ) * 2 * g_fShadowSoftening;
float sh8 = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.66, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.66 ) * 4 * g_fShadowSoftening;
float sh7 = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.55, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.55 ) * 6 * g_fShadowSoftening;
float sh6 = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.44, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.44 ) * 8 * g_fShadowSoftening;
float sh5 = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.33, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.33 ) * 10 * g_fShadowSoftening;
float sh4 = (tex2Dgrad( tNormalHeightMap, texSampleBase + vLightRayTS * 0.22, dx, dy ).a - sh0 - 0.22 ) * 12 * g_fShadowSoftening;
// Compute the actual shadow strength:
fOcclusionShadow = 1 - max( max( max( max( max( max( shA, sh9 ), sh8 ), sh7 ), sh6 ), sh5 ), sh4 );
// The previous computation overbrightens the image, let's adjust for that:
fOcclusionShadow = fOcclusionShadow * 0.6 + 0.4;
}