GENERIC BRDF SAMPLING - A Sampling Method for Global Illumination

Rosana Montes, Carlos Ureña, Rubén García, Miguel Lastra

2008

Abstract

This paper introduces a new BRDF sampling method with reduced variance, which is based on a hierarchical adaptive parameterless PDF. This PDF is based also on rejection sampling with a bounded average number of trials, even in regions where the BRDF does exhibit high variations. Our algorithm works in an appropiate way with both physical and analytical reflectance models. Reflected directions are sampled by using importance sampling of the BRDF times the cosine term. This fact improves computation of reflected radiance when Monte-Carlo integration is used in Global Illumination. Test images have been obtained by using a Monte- Carlo rendering system, and they show reduced variance as compared with those obtained by other known techniques.

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Montes R., Ureña C., García R. and Lastra M. (2008). GENERIC BRDF SAMPLING - A Sampling Method for Global Illumination . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-20-3, pages 191-198. DOI: 10.5220/0001095801910198


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@conference{grapp08,
author={Rosana Montes and Carlos Ureña and Rubén García and Miguel Lastra},
title={GENERIC BRDF SAMPLING - A Sampling Method for Global Illumination},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={191-198},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001095801910198},
isbn={978-989-8111-20-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)
TI - GENERIC BRDF SAMPLING - A Sampling Method for Global Illumination
SN - 978-989-8111-20-3
AU - Montes R.
AU - Ureña C.
AU - García R.
AU - Lastra M.
PY - 2008
SP - 191
EP - 198
DO - 10.5220/0001095801910198