A master thesis from Aalborg University
The pi-engine, PART 2, Dynamic illumination in 3D engines using real-time photon mapping.
Author(s)
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2003
Submitted on
2012-02-14
Abstract
This report describes an application of real-time photon mapping to enhance realism of lighting and to automate illumination work in interactive applications. The rst part of this report reviews the essential theory about light and real-time photon mapping whereas the second part discusses the implementation and results in detail. Two major problems of real-time photon mapping are discussed: performance and visual quality. The main con- ict is between image quality and real-time constraints. The key to improve quality is to increase photon and polygon count of the scene. However, increasing either of these decreases performance. The conclusion outlines a method to obtain a good image quality in real-time and describes problems that are subject to future work.
Documents
Colophon: This page is part of the AAU Student Projects portal, which is run by Aalborg University. Here, you can find and download publicly available bachelor's theses and master's projects from across the university dating from 2008 onwards. Student projects from before 2008 are available in printed form at Aalborg University Library.
If you have any questions about AAU Student Projects or the research registration, dissemination and analysis at Aalborg University, please feel free to contact the VBN team. You can also find more information in the AAU Student Projects FAQs.