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Photon mapping made easy

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Tin-Tin Yu,

John Lowther,

Ching-Kuang SheneAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 37, Issue 1

Pages 201 - 205

https://doi.org/10.1145/1047124.1047418

Published: 23 February 2005 Publication History

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This paper presents the authors' introduction of photon mapping in an undergraduate computer graphics course, Software was designed as a pedagogical and demonstration tool which permitted students to practice and learn photon mapping. Classroom experience and examples that illustrate soft shadows, color bleeding, indirect illumination and caustic are also discussed.

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Ryoo SChang J(2012)Representation of Dispersion Effect Using N-Way Color Based White LightFuture Information Technology, Application, and Service10.1007/978-94-007-5064-7_25(165-175)Online publication date: 2012
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5064-7_25
Yu TLowther JShene C(2007)A tool for demonstrating the interaction among lighting/material parameters and potential problems in polygon-based renderingJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1289280.128928923:1(45-53)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1289280.1289289

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Photon mapping made easy
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Rendering
      1. Ray tracing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 37, Issue 1

2005

562 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1047124

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SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 2005
610 pages
ISBN:1581139977
DOI:10.1145/1047344
Conference Chairs:
Wanda Dann
Ithaca College
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Tom Naps
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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Program Chairs:
Paul Tymann
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Doug Baldwin
SUNY Geneseo

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Ryoo SChang J(2012)Representation of Dispersion Effect Using N-Way Color Based White LightFuture Information Technology, Application, and Service10.1007/978-94-007-5064-7_25(165-175)Online publication date: 2012
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5064-7_25
Yu TLowther JShene C(2007)A tool for demonstrating the interaction among lighting/material parameters and potential problems in polygon-based renderingJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/1289280.128928923:1(45-53)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2007
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