Volumetric Vector-Based Representation
for Indirect Illumination Caching
Romain Pacanowski,
Xavier Granier,
Christophe Schlick,
and
Pierre Poulin
Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 25(5):925-932, Sept. 2010
Abstract
This paper introduces a caching technique based on a volumetric representation
that captures low-frequency indirect illumination. This structure is intended
for efficient storage and manipulation of illumination. It is based on a 3D grid
that stores a fixed set of irradiance vectors. During preprocessing, this
representation can be built using almost any existing global illumination
software. During rendering, the indirect illumination within a voxel is
interpolated from its associated irradiance vectors, and is used as additional
local light sources. Compared with other techniques, the 3D vector-based
representation of our technique others increased robustness against local
geometric variations of a scene. We thus demonstrate that it may be employed as
an efficient and high-quality caching data structure for bidirectional rendering
techniques such as particle tracing or photon mapping.
Keywords
Caching for global illumination, photon mapping, particle tracing.
BibTeX entry
@article{PGSP-jcst2010,
title = "Volumetric Vector-Based Representation for Indirect Illumination Caching",
author = "Romain Pacanowski and Xavier Granier and Christophe Schlick and Pierre Poulin",
journal = "Journal of Computer Science and Technology",
year = 2010,
month = sep,
volume = 25,
number = 5,
pages = "925--932"
}
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