diff --git a/assets/Shaders/lib/material.fs b/assets/Shaders/lib/material.fs
index 0dd25ad6..597878cc 100644
--- a/assets/Shaders/lib/material.fs
+++ b/assets/Shaders/lib/material.fs
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ struct Material {
       */
     sampler2D specular;
 
+    /**
+      * The normal sampler
+      */
+    sampler2D normal;
+
+    /**
+      * The reflection map
+      */
+    sampler2D parallax;
+
     /**
       * The shininess value
       */
diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 6254fbf8..61033dc8 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1907,6 +1907,7 @@ Material albedo work
 Editor entities don't use charges on placing blocks
 Overhaul material loading - uses queued textures now
 Transparent block support
+Grab hardware data on init rendering engine
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java
index 26615e35..72c43d57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import electrosphere.renderer.debug.DebugRendering;
 import electrosphere.renderer.framebuffer.Framebuffer;
 import electrosphere.renderer.framebuffer.FramebufferUtils;
 import electrosphere.renderer.framebuffer.Renderbuffer;
+import electrosphere.renderer.hw.HardwareData;
 import electrosphere.renderer.light.LightManager;
 import electrosphere.renderer.model.Material;
 import electrosphere.renderer.pipelines.CompositePipeline;
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ public class RenderingEngine {
      * Handle for the window created by glfw
      */
     private long windowPtr = -1;
+
+    /**
+     * The glfw hardware data
+     */
+    public HardwareData hardwareData;
     
     
     public static final int GL_DEFAULT_FRAMEBUFFER = 0;
@@ -244,6 +250,10 @@ public class RenderingEngine {
             "Error code: " + this.getGLFWErrorMessage(this.getGLFWError());
             throw new IllegalStateException(message);
         }
+
+        //grab hardware data
+        this.hardwareData = new HardwareData();
+
         //Gives hints to glfw to control how opengl will be used
         GLFW.glfwWindowHint(GLFW.GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 4);
         GLFW.glfwWindowHint(GLFW.GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 5);
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/hw/HardwareData.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/hw/HardwareData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1252e536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/hw/HardwareData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package electrosphere.renderer.hw;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.lwjgl.PointerBuffer;
+import org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW;
+
+/**
+ * Data about the renderer hardware
+ */
+public class HardwareData {
+
+    /**
+     * The list of monitors available
+     */
+    public final List<MonitorData> monitors = new LinkedList<MonitorData>();
+    
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    public HardwareData(){
+        PointerBuffer monitorBuff = GLFW.glfwGetMonitors();
+        if(monitorBuff != null){
+            while(monitorBuff.hasRemaining()){
+                long id = monitorBuff.get();
+                String name = GLFW.glfwGetMonitorName(id);
+                monitors.add(new MonitorData(id, name));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/hw/MonitorData.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/hw/MonitorData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e7f5ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/hw/MonitorData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package electrosphere.renderer.hw;
+
+/**
+ * Data about a monitor
+ */
+public class MonitorData {
+    
+    /**
+     * The window id of the monitor
+     */
+    public final long windowId;
+
+    /**
+     * The name of the monitor
+     */
+    public final String name;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     * @param windowId The window id of the monitor
+     * @param name The name of the monitor
+     */
+    public MonitorData(long windowId, String name){
+        this.windowId = windowId;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+}