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Lighting
virtual fog
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
Researchers' homepages:
Wojciech Jarosz
Matthias Zwicker
Henrik Wann Jensen
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