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Light reflection functions for simulation of clouds and dusty surfaces

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James F. BlinnAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, Volume 16, Issue 3

Pages 21 - 29

https://doi.org/10.1145/965145.801255

Published: 01 July 1982 Publication History

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The study of the physical process of light interacting with matter is an important part of computer image synthesis since it forms the basis for calculations of intensities in the picture. The simpler models used in the past are being augmented by more complex models gleaned from the physics literature. This paper is another step in the direction of assimilating such knowledge. It concerns the statistical simulation of light passing through and being reflected by clouds of similar small particles. (It does not, however, address the cloud structure modeling problem). By extension it can be applied to surfaces completely covered by dust and is therefore a physical basis for various theories of diffuse reflection.

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ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Volume 16, Issue 3

July 1982

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ISSN:0097-8930

DOI:10.1145/965145

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SIGGRAPH '82: Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
July 1982
333 pages
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