Recent advances in adaptive sampling and reconstruction for Monte Carlo rendering
Monte Carlo integration is firmly established as the basis for most practical realistic image
synthesis algorithms because of its flexibility and generality. However, the visual quality of …
synthesis algorithms because of its flexibility and generality. However, the visual quality of …
Real-time neural radiance caching for path tracing
We present a real-time neural radiance caching method for path-traced global illumination.
Our system is designed to handle fully dynamic scenes, and makes no assumptions about …
Our system is designed to handle fully dynamic scenes, and makes no assumptions about …
Spatiotemporal reservoir resampling for real-time ray tracing with dynamic direct lighting
Efficiently rendering direct lighting from millions of dynamic light sources using Monte Carlo
integration remains a challenging problem, even for off-line rendering systems. We …
integration remains a challenging problem, even for off-line rendering systems. We …
Monte Carlo estimators for differential light transport
Physically based differentiable rendering algorithms propagate derivatives through realistic
light transport simulations and have applications in diverse areas including inverse …
light transport simulations and have applications in diverse areas including inverse …
Monte Carlo methods for volumetric light transport simulation
The wide adoption of path‐tracing algorithms in high‐end realistic rendering has stimulated
many diverse research initiatives. In this paper we present a coherent survey of methods that …
many diverse research initiatives. In this paper we present a coherent survey of methods that …
Lightcuts: a scalable approach to illumination
B Walter, S Fernandez, A Arbree, K Bala… - ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 …, 2005 - dl.acm.org
Lightcuts is a scalable framework for computing realistic illumination. It handles arbitrary
geometry, non-diffuse materials, and illumination from a wide variety of sources including …
geometry, non-diffuse materials, and illumination from a wide variety of sources including …
On-line learning of parametric mixture models for light transport simulation
Monte Carlo techniques for light transport simulation rely on importance sampling when
constructing light transport paths. Previous work has shown that suitable sampling …
constructing light transport paths. Previous work has shown that suitable sampling …
Illuminating the past: state of the art
Virtual reconstruction and representation of historical environments and objects have been
of research interest for nearly two decades. Physically based and historically accurate …
of research interest for nearly two decades. Physically based and historically accurate …
A monte carlo method for fluid simulation
We present a novel Monte Carlo-based fluid simulation approach capable of pointwise and
stochastic estimation of fluid motion. Drawing on the Feynman-Kac representation of the …
stochastic estimation of fluid motion. Drawing on the Feynman-Kac representation of the …
An efficient GPU-based approach for interactive global illumination
This paper presents a GPU-based method for interactive global illumination that integrates
complex effects such as multi-bounce indirect lighting, glossy reflections, caustics, and …
complex effects such as multi-bounce indirect lighting, glossy reflections, caustics, and …