Recent advances in adaptive sampling and reconstruction for Monte Carlo rendering

M Zwicker, W Jarosz, J Lehtinen, B Moon… - Computer graphics …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Monte Carlo integration is firmly established as the basis for most practical realistic image
synthesis algorithms because of its flexibility and generality. However, the visual quality of …

[图书][B] Real-time rendering

T Akenine-Moller, E Haines, N Hoffman - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate
synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of …

Spatiotemporal variance-guided filtering: real-time reconstruction for path-traced global illumination

C Schied, A Kaplanyan, C Wyman, A Patney… - Proceedings of High …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
We introduce a reconstruction algorithm that generates a temporally stable sequence of
images from one path-per-pixel global illumination. To handle such noisy input, we use …

Encoding and decoding virtual reality video

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley, Z Htet - US Patent 10,469,873, 2019 - Google Patents
A virtual reality or augmented reality experience of a scene may be decoded for playback for
a viewer through a combination of CPU and GPU processing. A video stream may be …

Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,546,424, 2020 - Google Patents
US10546424B2 - Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality experiences -
Google Patents US10546424B2 - Layered content delivery for virtual and augmented reality …

Spatial random access enabled video system with a three-dimensional viewing volume

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,341,632, 2019 - Google Patents
An environment may be displayed from a viewpoint. According to one method, volumetric
video data may be acquired depicting the environment, for example, using a tiled camera …

Video capture, processing, calibration, computational fiber artifact removal, and light-field pipeline

B Bevensee, T Du, J Karafin, J Merritt… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
2017-05-10 Assigned to LYTRO, INC. reassignment LYTRO, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: DU, TINGFANG …

Data structures and delivery methods for expediting virtual reality playback

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,419,737, 2019 - Google Patents
A video stream for a scene for a virtual reality or augmented reality experience may be
stored and delivered to a viewer. The video stream may be divided into a plurality of units …

Neural denoising with layer embeddings

J Munkberg, J Hasselgren - Computer Graphics Forum, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a novel approach for denoising Monte Carlo path traced images, which uses
data from individual samples rather than relying on pixel aggregates. Samples are …

Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal

D Pang, C Pitts, K Akeley - US Patent 10,567,464, 2020 - Google Patents
US10567464B2 - Video compression with adaptive view-dependent lighting removal -
Google Patents US10567464B2 - Video compression with adaptive view-dependent …