A Fast Rendering Method for Refractive and Reflective Caustics Due to Water Surfaces

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 601-609

  Iwasaki, Kei ^a   Dobashi, Yoshinori ^b   Nishita, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION;

IMAGE SYNTHESIS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0141727799     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8659.t01-2-00708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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