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In this paper, we consider accelerated rendering of walkthrough animation sequences using combination of ray tracing and Image-Based Rendering (IBR) techniques. Our goal is to derive as many pixels as possible using inexpensive IBR techniques without affecting the animation quality. A perception-based spatio-temporal Animation Quality Metric (AQM) is used to automatically guide such a hybrid rendering. The Pixel Flow (PF) obtained as a by-product of the IBR computation is an integral part of the AQM. The final animation quality is enhanced by an efficient spatio-temporal antialiasing, which utilize the PF to perform a motion-compensated filtering.
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Myszkowski, K., Rokita, P., Tawara, T. (1999). Perceptually-informed accelerated rendering of high quality walkthrough sequences. In: Lischinski, D., Larson, G.W. (eds) Rendering Techniques’ 99. EGSR 1999. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6809-7_2
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