Rendering optimal solar shadows using plural sunlight depth buffers

Proceedings - Computer Graphics International, CGI 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Tadamura, Katsumi ^a   Qin, Xueying ^b   Jiao, Guofang ^b   Nakamae, Eihachiro ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sanei Co   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LIGHTING;

COMPUTATION TIME; DEPTH BUFFER; SOLAR ILLUMINANCE; TRADE OFF; Z-BUFFER;

RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

EID: 78651333647     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CGI.1999.777935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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