Real-Time Global Illumination for VR Applications

Author

Mortensen, Jesper ; Yu, Insu ; Khanna, Pankaj ; Tecchia, Franco ; Spanlang, Bernhard ; Marino, Giuseppe ; Slater, Mel

Author_Institution

Univ. Coll. London, London

Volume

28

Issue

6

fYear

2008

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Real-time global illumination in VR systems enhances scene realism by incorporating soft shadows, reflections of objects in the scene, and color bleeding. The virtual light field (VLF) method enables real-time global illumination rendering in VR. The VLF has been integrated with the extreme VR system for real-time GPU-based rendering in a cave automatic virtual environment.

Keywords

rendering (computer graphics); virtual reality; VR applications; cave automatic virtual environment; extreme VR system; real-time GPU-based rendering; real-time global illumination rendering; scene realism; virtual light field method; Computational complexity; Educational institutions; Layout; Lighting; Optical reflection; Ray tracing; Real time systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Virtual environment; Virtual reality; VR; global illumination; light fields; virtual reality; Computer Graphics; Computer Systems; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Lighting; Software; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2008.121

Filename

4670101