“A fast algorithm for illumination from curved reflectors” by Patow
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Interest Area:
- Production & Animation and Technical
Title:
- A fast algorithm for illumination from curved reflectors
Session/Category Title: Simulation and Natural Phenomena
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Abstract:
Indirect illumination of a surface from a curved mirror is computed by considering the reflector as another light source. The illumination values are computed using only fast scan-line techniques.
References:
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4 Heckbert, P. Adaptative Textures for Bidirectional Ray Tracing, Computer Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH 90), 20(4) , August 1990, pp. 315-321.
5 Patow, G. A. Accurate Reflections Through Z-Buffered Environment Maps, (Proc. XV Int. Conf, of the Chilean Computer Science Society) 1995, pp. 385-392 .
