Real-time rough refraction via LEAN mapping and Gaussian sum reduction

  • Authors:
  • Zeng Dai;Chris Wyman

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Iowa;University of Iowa

  • Venue:
  • I3D '12 Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Rough refraction commonly occurs when light scatters on rough transparent surfaces. It presents a computational challenge, as every pixel's color depends on incoming light from numerous directions. De Rousiers et al. [2011] compute rough refraction interactively using a convolution of Gaussian normal and transmittance distribution functions (NDFs and BTDFs), but their work is limited to a constant roughness surfaces. We introduce two methods that allow for varying roughness by representing surface normals using LEAN mapping and Gaussian sum reduction (GSR).