377 research outputs found
Interactive Rendering of Scattering and Refraction Effects in Heterogeneous Media
In this dissertation we investigate the problem of interactive and real-time visualization of single scattering, multiple scattering and refraction effects in heterogeneous volumes. Our proposed solutions span a variety of use scenarios: from a very fast yet physically-based approximation to a physically accurate simulation of microscopic light transmission. We add to the state of the art by introducing a novel precomputation and sampling strategy, a system for efficiently parallelizing the computation of different volumetric effects, and a new and fast version of the Discrete Ordinates Method. Finally, we also present a collateral work on real-time 3D acquisition devices
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Acquisition and Rendering of Transparent and Refractive Objects
This paper introduces a new image-based approach to capturing and modeling highly specular, transparent, or translucent objects. We have built a system for automatically acquiring high quality graphical models of objects that are extremely difficult to scan with traditional 3D scanners. The system consists of turntables, a set of cameras and lights, and monitors to project colored backdrops. We use multi-background matting techniques to acquire alpha and environment mattes of the object from multiple viewpoints. Using the alpha mattes we reconstruct an approximate 3D shape of the object. We use the environment mattes to compute a high-resolution surface reflectance field. We also acquire a low-resolution surface reflectance field using the overhead array of lights. Both surface reflectance fields are used to relight the objects and to place them into arbitrary environments. Our system is the first to acquire and render transparent and translucent 3D objects, such as a glass of beer, from arbitrary viewpoints under novel illumination.Engineering and Applied Science
Photorealistic physically based render engines: a comparative study
PĂ©rez Roig, F. (2012). Photorealistic physically based render engines: a comparative study. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/14797.Archivo delegad
Point-Based Rendering for Homogeneous Participating Media with Refractive Boundaries
International audienceIllumination effects in translucent materials are a combination of several physical phenomena: refraction at the surface, absorption and scattering inside the material. Because refraction can focus light deep inside the material, where it will be scattered, practical illumination simulation inside translucent materials is difficult. In this paper, we present an a Point-Based Global Illumination method for light transport on homogeneous translucent materials with refractive boundaries. We start by placing light samples inside the translucent material and organizing them into a spatial hierarchy. At rendering, we gather light from these samples for each camera ray. We compute separately the sample contributions for single, double and multiple scattering, and add them. We present two implementations of our algorithm: an offline version for high-quality rendering and an interactive GPU implementation. The offline version provides significant speed-ups and reduced memory footprints compared to state-of-the-art algorithms, with no visible impact on quality. The GPU version yields interactive frame rates: 30 fps when moving the viewpoint, 25 fps when editing the light position or the material parameters
BxDF material acquisition, representation, and rendering for VR and design
Photorealistic and physically-based rendering of real-world environments with high fidelity materials is important to a range of applications, including special effects, architectural modelling, cultural heritage, computer games, automotive design, and virtual reality (VR). Our perception of the world depends on lighting and surface material characteristics, which determine how the light is reflected, scattered, and absorbed. In order to reproduce appearance, we must therefore understand all the ways objects interact with light, and the acquisition and representation of materials has thus been an important part of computer graphics from early days. Nevertheless, no material model nor acquisition setup is without limitations in terms of the variety of materials represented, and different approaches vary widely in terms of compatibility and ease of use. In this course, we describe the state of the art in material appearance acquisition and modelling, ranging from mathematical BSDFs to data-driven capture and representation of anisotropic materials, and volumetric/thread models for patterned fabrics. We further address the problem of material appearance constancy across different rendering platforms. We present two case studies in architectural and interior design. The first study demonstrates Yulio, a new platform for the creation, delivery, and visualization of acquired material models and reverse engineered cloth models in immersive VR experiences. The second study shows an end-to-end process of capture and data-driven BSDF representation using the physically-based Radiance system for lighting simulation and rendering
Microgeometry capture using an elastomeric sensor
We describe a system for capturing microscopic surface geometry. The system extends the retrographic sensor [Johnson and Adelson 2009] to the microscopic domain, demonstrating spatial resolution as small as 2 microns. In contrast to existing microgeometry capture techniques, the system is not affected by the optical characteristics of the surface being measured---it captures the same geometry whether the object is matte, glossy, or transparent. In addition, the hardware design allows for a variety of form factors, including a hand-held device that can be used to capture high-resolution surface geometry in the field. We achieve these results with a combination of improved sensor materials, illumination design, and reconstruction algorithm, as compared to the original sensor of Johnson and Adelson [2009].National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 0739255)National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Contract 1-R01-EY019292-01
NeFII: Inverse Rendering for Reflectance Decomposition with Near-Field Indirect Illumination
Inverse rendering methods aim to estimate geometry, materials and
illumination from multi-view RGB images. In order to achieve better
decomposition, recent approaches attempt to model indirect illuminations
reflected from different materials via Spherical Gaussians (SG), which,
however, tends to blur the high-frequency reflection details. In this paper, we
propose an end-to-end inverse rendering pipeline that decomposes materials and
illumination from multi-view images, while considering near-field indirect
illumination. In a nutshell, we introduce the Monte Carlo sampling based path
tracing and cache the indirect illumination as neural radiance, enabling a
physics-faithful and easy-to-optimize inverse rendering method. To enhance
efficiency and practicality, we leverage SG to represent the smooth environment
illuminations and apply importance sampling techniques. To supervise indirect
illuminations from unobserved directions, we develop a novel radiance
consistency constraint between implicit neural radiance and path tracing
results of unobserved rays along with the joint optimization of materials and
illuminations, thus significantly improving the decomposition performance.
Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method outperforms the
state-of-the-art on multiple synthetic and real datasets, especially in terms
of inter-reflection decomposition.Comment: Accepted in CVPR 202
DANI-Net: Uncalibrated Photometric Stereo by Differentiable Shadow Handling, Anisotropic Reflectance Modeling, and Neural Inverse Rendering
Uncalibrated photometric stereo (UPS) is challenging due to the inherent
ambiguity brought by the unknown light. Although the ambiguity is alleviated on
non-Lambertian objects, the problem is still difficult to solve for more
general objects with complex shapes introducing irregular shadows and general
materials with complex reflectance like anisotropic reflectance. To exploit
cues from shadow and reflectance to solve UPS and improve performance on
general materials, we propose DANI-Net, an inverse rendering framework with
differentiable shadow handling and anisotropic reflectance modeling. Unlike
most previous methods that use non-differentiable shadow maps and assume
isotropic material, our network benefits from cues of shadow and anisotropic
reflectance through two differentiable paths. Experiments on multiple
real-world datasets demonstrate our superior and robust performance.Comment: Accepted by CVPR 202
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