On-line learning of parametric mixture models for light transport simulation

J Vorba, O Karlík, M Šik, T Ritschel… - ACM Transactions on …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Monte Carlo techniques for light transport simulation rely on importance sampling when
constructing light transport paths. Previous work has shown that suitable sampling …

All-frequency rendering of dynamic, spatially-varying reflectance

J Wang, P Ren, M Gong, J Snyder, B Guo - ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 …, 2009 - dl.acm.org
We describe a technique for real-time rendering of dynamic, spatially-varying BRDFs in
static scenes with all-frequency shadows from environmental and point lights. The 6D …

[PDF][PDF] Joint importance sampling of low-order volumetric scattering.

I Georgiev, J Krivanek, T Hachisuka… - ACM Trans …, 2013 - cs.dartmouth.edu
Abstract Central to all Monte Carlo-based rendering algorithms is the construction of light
transport paths from the light sources to the eye. Existing rendering approaches sample path …

Efficient Environment Map Rendering Based on Decomposition

YT Wu - Computer Graphics Forum, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents an efficient environment map sampling algorithm designed to render
high‐quality, low‐noise images with only a few light samples, making it ideal for real‐time …

Product path guiding with semi-adaptive spatio-directional tree

S Çavuş, M Baran - Computers & Graphics, 2022 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo integration is an established method in simulating light transport. However, due
to its stochastic nature, it requires copious amounts of samples to eliminate the estimation …

[PDF][PDF] Photorealistic Simulation and Optimization of Lighting Conditions

N Vitsas - 2024 - diglib.eg.org
Lighting plays a very important role in our everyday life, affecting our safety, comfort,
wellbeing and performance. Today, computational methods and tools can be applied to …

[PDF][PDF] Sampling Clear Sky Models using Truncated Gaussian Mixtures.

N Vitsas, K Vardis, G Papaioannou - EGSR (DL), 2021 - diglib.eg.org
Parametric clear sky models are often represented by simple analytic expressions that can
efficiently generate plausible, natural radiance maps of the sky, taking into account …

Work in progress—development of personas: Emphasizing human need in a first-year engineering capstone course

JK Estell, KJ Reid - 2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Engineers play a prominent role in the development of devices that improve nearly every
aspect of life; however, the general public, including potential engineering students, often …

Methods and systems of joint path importance sampling

W Jarosz, I Georgiev, J Krivanek, T Hachisuka… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods and systems of joint path importance sampling are provided to construct light paths
in participating media. The product of anisotropic phase functions and geometric terms …

以光源對物體可見度為導向之重要性取樣法

吳昱霆, 施仁忠 - 2008 - ir.lib.nycu.edu.tw
本論文在產生取樣點時考量光源與物體之間的可見度, 提出一個新的重要性取樣方法.
本演算法將之前使用球面輻射基底函數(SRBF) 考量BRDF 與環境光源的重要性取樣法做了延伸 …