Combining global and local virtual lights for detailed glossy illumination

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Davidovič, Tomáš ^a   Křivánek, Jaroslav ^b,c   Hašan, Miloš ^d   Slusallek, Philipp ^a   Bala, Kavita ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

global illumination; glossy interreflection; many lights

Indexed keywords

DESIGN APPLICATIONS; FAST APPROXIMATION; FAST SOLUTIONS; GLOBAL ILLUMINATION; ILLUMINATION COMPONENTS; INDUSTRIAL DESIGN; INTER-REFLECTION; INTERACTIVITY; LIGHT TRANSPORT; MANY LIGHTS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; REFLECTION; VISIBILITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 78650870756     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 15577368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1866158.1866169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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