Thrifty Final Gather for Radiosity

Finite Element methods are well suited to the computation of the light distribution in mostly diffuse scenes, but the resulting mesh is often far from optimal to accurately represent illumination. Shadow boundaries are hard to capture in the mesh, and ...

It is hard to efficiently model the light transport in scenes with translucent objects for interactive applications. The inter-reflection between objects and their environments and the subsurface scattering through the materials intertwine to produce ...

In this paper we present an extended GPU progressive radiosity solver which integrates ideal diffuse as well as specular transmittance and reflection. The solver is capable to handle multiple specular reflections with correct mirror–object–mirror ...