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Complex Luminaires: Illumination and Appearance Rendering

Simulating a complex luminaire is expensive and slow, even using state-of-the-art algorithms. In this article, we separate luminaire rendering into illumination and appearance …

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Edgar Velázquez-Armendáriz

Visualization of Color as Birds See It

This poster presents a tool for ornithologists for looking at 3D models of birds through the eyes of other birds.

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Automatic Bounding of Programmable Shaders for Efficient Global Illumination

This paper describes a technique to automatically adapt programmable shaders for use in physically-based rendering algorithms.

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Edgar Velázquez-Armendáriz

Tensor Clustering for Rendering Many-Light Animations

Rendering animations of scenes with deformable objects, camera motion, and complex illumination, including indirect lighting and arbitrary shading, is a long-standing challenge. …

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Implementing the Render Cache and the Edge-and-Point Image On Graphics Hardware

The render cache and the edge-and-point image (EPI) are alternative point-based rendering techniques that combine interactive performance with expensive, high quality shading for …

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Edgar Velázquez-Armendáriz