使用公益組織

如果將緩衝區繫結到 GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER，則 glTexImage2D 中的 data 引數是該緩衝區的偏移量。

這意味著 glTexImage2D 在返回之前不需要等待所有資料從應用程式的記憶體中複製出來，從而減少了主執行緒的開銷。

glGenBuffers(1, &pbo);
glBindBuffer(GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER, pbo);
glBufferData(GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER, width*height*3, NULL, GL_STREAM_DRAW);
void* mappedBuffer = glMapBuffer(GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER, GL_WRITE_ONLY);

//write data into the mapped buffer, possibly in another thread.
int width, height;
unsigned char* image = SOIL_load_image("image.png", &width, &height, 0, SOIL_LOAD_RGB);
memcpy(mappedBuffer, image, width*height*3);
SOIL_free_image(image);

// after reading is complete back on the main thread
glBindBuffer(GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER, pbo);
glUnmapBuffer(GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER);
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, width, height, 0, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 0);

但是，當你需要將渲染的結果讀迴應用程式記憶體時，PBO 真正發揮作用的地方。要將畫素資料讀入緩衝區，請將其繫結到 GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER，然後 glGetTexImage 的資料引數將成為該緩衝區的偏移量：

glGenBuffers(1, &pbo);
glBindBuffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, pbo);
glBufferData(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, buf_size, NULL, GL_STREAM_COPY);

glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);

glGetTexImage(GL_TEXTURE_2D,
              0,
              GL_RGBA,
              GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,
              null);
//ensure we don't try and read data before the transfer is complete
GLsync sync = glFenceSync(GL_SYNC_GPU_COMMANDS_COMPLETE, 0);

// then regularly check for completion
GLint result;
glGetSynciv(sync, GL_SYNC_STATUS, sizeof(result), NULL, &result);
if(result == GL_SIGNALED){
    glBindBuffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, pbo);
    void* mappedBuffer = glMapBuffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER, GL_READ_ONLY);

    //now mapped buffer contains the pixel data

    glUnmapBuffer(GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER);

}