Computer Graphics in Italy: A realtime immersive application with realistic lighting: The Parthenon

Authors:
M. Callieri;P. Debevec;J. Pair;R. Scopigno
Affiliations:
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione(ISTI)-CNR, Pisa, Italy;ICT Graphic Lab, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, USA;ICT FlatWorld, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, USA;Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione(ISTI)-CNR, Pisa, Italy
Venue:
Computers and Graphics
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Offline rendering techniques have nowadays reached an astonishing level of realism but pay the cost of long computational times. The new generation of programmable graphic hardware, on the other hand, gives the possibility to implement in realtime some of the visual effects previously available only for cinematographic production. We describe the design and implementation of an interactive system which is able to reproduce in realtime one of the crucial sequences from the short movie ''The Parthenon'' presented at Siggraph 2004. The application is designed to run on a specific immersive reality system, making possible for a user to perceive the virtual environment with nearly cinematographic visual quality.