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+<!
+//  DeferredBufferRead.slh
+//  libraries/render-utils/src
+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 5/4/16.
+//  Copyright 2013 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+!>
+<@if not DEFERRED_BUFFER_READ_SLH@>
+<@def DEFERRED_BUFFER_READ_SLH@>
+
+<@include DeferredBuffer.slh@>
+
+// the albedo texture
+uniform sampler2D albedoMap;
+
+// the normal texture
+uniform sampler2D normalMap;
+
+// the specular texture
+uniform sampler2D specularMap;
+
+// the depth texture
+uniform sampler2D depthMap;
+
+// the obscurance texture
+uniform sampler2D obscuranceMap;
+
+// the lighting texture
+uniform sampler2D lightingMap;
+
+
+struct DeferredTransform { 
+    mat4 projection;
+    mat4 viewInverse;
+    float stereoSide;
+    vec3 _spareABC;
+};
+
+layout(std140) uniform deferredTransformBuffer {
+    DeferredTransform _deferredTransform;
+};
+DeferredTransform getDeferredTransform() {
+    return _deferredTransform;
+}
+
+bool getStereoMode(DeferredTransform deferredTransform) {
+    return (deferredTransform.stereoSide != 0.0);
+}
+float getStereoSide(DeferredTransform deferredTransform) {
+    return  (deferredTransform.stereoSide);
+}
+
+vec4 evalEyePositionFromZ(DeferredTransform deferredTransform, float depthVal, vec2 texcoord) {
+    vec3 nPos = vec3(texcoord.xy * 2.0f - 1.0f, depthVal * 2.0f - 1.0f);
+
+    // compute the view space position using the depth
+    // basically manually pick the proj matrix components to do the inverse
+    float Ze = -deferredTransform.projection[3][2] / (nPos.z + deferredTransform.projection[2][2]);
+    float Xe = (-Ze * nPos.x - Ze * deferredTransform.projection[2][0] - deferredTransform.projection[3][0]) /  deferredTransform.projection[0][0];
+    float Ye = (-Ze * nPos.y - Ze * deferredTransform.projection[2][1] - deferredTransform.projection[3][1]) /  deferredTransform.projection[1][1];
+    return vec4(Xe, Ye, Ze, 1.0f);
+}
+
+struct DeferredFragment {
+    vec4 normalVal;
+    vec4 diffuseVal;
+    vec4 specularVal;
+    vec4 position;
+    vec3 normal;
+    float metallic;
+    vec3 diffuse;
+    float obscurance;
+    vec3 specular;
+    float roughness;
+    vec3 emissive;
+    int mode;
+    float depthVal;
+};
+
+vec4 unpackDeferredPosition(DeferredTransform deferredTransform, float depthValue, vec2 texcoord) {
+    if (getStereoMode(deferredTransform)) {
+        if (texcoord.x > 0.5) {
+            texcoord.x -= 0.5;
+        }
+        texcoord.x *= 2.0;
+    }
+    return evalEyePositionFromZ(deferredTransform, depthValue, texcoord);
+}
+
+DeferredFragment unpackDeferredFragmentNoPosition(vec2 texcoord) {
+
+    DeferredFragment frag;
+    frag.depthVal = -1;
+    frag.normalVal = texture(normalMap, texcoord);
+    frag.diffuseVal = texture(albedoMap, texcoord);
+    frag.specularVal = texture(specularMap, texcoord);
+    frag.obscurance = texture(obscuranceMap, texcoord).x;
+
+    // Unpack the normal from the map
+    frag.normal = normalize(frag.normalVal.xyz * 2.0 - vec3(1.0));
+    frag.roughness = 2.0 * frag.normalVal.a;
+
+    // Diffuse color and unpack the mode and the metallicness
+    frag.diffuse = frag.diffuseVal.xyz;
+    unpackModeMetallic(frag.diffuseVal.w, frag.mode, frag.metallic);
+
+
+    if (frag.metallic <= 0.5) {
+        frag.metallic = 0.0;
+        frag.specular = vec3(0.03); // Default Di-electric fresnel value
+    } else {
+        frag.specular = vec3(frag.diffuseVal.xyz);
+        frag.metallic = 1.0;
+    }
+
+    frag.emissive = frag.specularVal.xyz;
+    frag.obscurance = min(frag.specularVal.w, frag.obscurance);
+
+    return frag;
+}
+
+DeferredFragment unpackDeferredFragment(DeferredTransform deferredTransform, vec2 texcoord) {
+
+    float depthValue = texture(depthMap, texcoord).r;
+
+    DeferredFragment frag = unpackDeferredFragmentNoPosition(texcoord);
+
+    frag.depthVal = depthValue;
+    frag.position = unpackDeferredPosition(deferredTransform, frag.depthVal, texcoord);
+
+    return frag;
+}
+
+
+
+
+<@endif@>