DocumentCode
535370
Title
A parallel radiosity algorithm for virtual reality
Author
Zhang, Qiong ; Li, Zhichao ; Wang, Riwei
Author_Institution
Sch. of Int. Bus., Tianjin Foreign Studies Univ., Tianjin, China
Volume
5
fYear
2010
fDate
16-18 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
2469
Lastpage
2472
Abstract
This paper presents a parallel algorithm for radiosity computation in virtual reality environment by computing the parallel eigenvalues and eigenvectors of form factor matrix. This leads to a novel approach to radiosity computation for virtual reality which called parallel eigenvector radiosity. Through the performance evaluation, this method significantly decreases the execution time for complex environments on cluster of PCs.
Keywords
brightness; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; image processing; matrix decomposition; parallel algorithms; virtual reality; PC cluster; form factor matrix; parallel eigenvalue; parallel eigenvector radiosity; parallel radiosity algorithm; radiosity computation; virtual reality; Equations; Lighting; Mathematical model; Program processors; Rendering (computer graphics); Symmetric matrices; complex databases; eigenvectors; parallelism; radiosity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Image and Signal Processing (CISP), 2010 3rd International Congress on
Conference_Location
Yantai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6513-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CISP.2010.5647841
Filename
5647841
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