A geometry-based soft shadow volume algorithm using graphics hardware

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 511-520

  Assarsson, Ulf ^a   Akenine Möller, Tomas ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Graphics hardware; Pixel shaders; Soft shadows

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER HARDWARE; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

GEFORCE FX EMULATOR; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; PIXEL SHADERS; SHADOW CASTERS; SHADOW RECEIVERS; SOFT SHADOWS;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 1642449634     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 07300301     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/882262.882300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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