Perceptual influence of approximate visibility in indirect illumination

  • Authors:
  • Insu Yu;Andrew Cox;Min H. Kim;Tobias Ritschel;Thorsten Grosch;Carsten Dachsbacher;Jan Kautz

  • Affiliations:
  • University College London, London, U.K.;University College London, London, U.K.;University College London, London, U.K.;MPI Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany;MPI Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany;Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany;University College London, London, U.K.

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP)
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this article we evaluate the use of approximate visibility for efficient global illumination. Traditionally, accurate visibility is used in light transport. However, the indirect illumination we perceive on a daily basis is rarely of high-frequency nature, as the most significant aspect of light transport in real-world scenes is diffuse, and thus displays a smooth gradation. This raises the question of whether accurate visibility is perceptually necessary in this case. To answer this question, we conduct a psychophysical study on the perceptual influence of approximate visibility on indirect illumination. This study reveals that accurate visibility is not required and that certain approximations may be introduced.