Implementation and analysis of an image-based global illumination framework for animated environments

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-298

  Nimeroff, Jeffry ^a,b   Dorsey, Julie ^a   Rushmeier, Holly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Global illumination; Image based rendering; Radiosity; Ray tracing; Walk throughs

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LIGHTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

GLOBAL ILLUMINATION; IMAGE BASED RENDERING;

ANIMATION;

EID: 0030388677     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2945.556498     Document Type: Article

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