Lighting virtual fog

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Virtual heavy metal bands, rejoice! A more efficient version of software that accurately simulates light shining in fog, smoke and clouds means that realistic special effects could be more widely available for use in movies and video games. The technique makes it easier to calculate some aspects of traditionally computer-intensive ray tracing software.

Research paper:
The Beam Radiance Estimate for Volumetric Photon Mapping
Eurographics 2008, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, April 14-18, 2008

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Wojciech Jarosz, Matthias Zwicker, Henrik Wann Jensen

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