Multisample Anti-Aliasing

Software concept

platforms

An enhanced version of SSAA (supersampling AA) that only supersamples parts of the scene rather than the whole thing (though supersampling of the whole scene may happen depending on scene complexity).

Notable people involved: Joe Rumsey 'Ogre smash', Cédric Decelle, Sid Meier, Hidetaka Miyazaki and Patrik Méthé

Civilization: Beyond Earth

WIN 2014-10-24

Batman: Arkham City

WIN 2011-11-22

Banished

WIN 2014-02-18

Far Cry 3

WIN 2012-10-10

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

WIN 2016-08-23

Gatling Gears

WIN 2011-08

A Story About My Uncle

WIN 2014-05-28

PS3 2011-10-04

WIN 2014-11-18

WIN 2013-02-19

WIN 2012-11-20

Dragon Age: Inquisition

WIN 2014-11

A very popular basic anti-aliasing technique which has inspired several optimized versions.

Because this is optimized version of SSAA, its performance ranges from about exactly same as SSAA to something significantly better based on scene complexity and detected edges.

Parent group

Spatial anti-aliasing

Games by year

A	1999 - MSAA published(?)

The first Multisample Anti-Aliasing video game was released on November 22, 2004.

2K Games, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and From Software published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows	26
Mac OS X	3
Linux	3
X360	1
PS3	1
Switch	1

Most common companies