Book Description
The creation of realistic three-dimensional images is central to computer graphics. Photon mapping, an extension of ray tracing, makes it possible to efficiently simulate global illumination in complex scenes. Photon mapping can simulate caustics (focused light, such as shimmering waves at the bottom of a swimming pool), diffuse inter-reflections (e.g., the bleeding of colored light from a red wall onto a white floor, giving the floor a reddish tint), and participating media (e.g., clouds or smoke).
This book is a practical guide to photon mapping; it provides both the theory and the practical insight necessary to implement photon mapping and simulate all types of direct and indirect illumination efficiently.
JA Majors Book Info
A computer graphics text explaining the essential keys to creating realistic three-dimensional images. Provides both the theory and the practical insight needed to implement photon mapping and to realistically simulate all types of direct and indirect illumination. DLC: Computer graphics.
