Interactive Rendering of Atmospheric Scattering Effects Using Graphics Hardware

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2002
Authors
Dobashi, Yoshinori
Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi
Nishita, Tomoyuki
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Publisher
The Eurographics Association
Abstract
To create realistic images using computer graphics, an important element to consider is atmospheric scattering, that is, the phenomenon by which light is scattered by small particles in the air. This effect is the cause of the light beams produced by spotlights, shafts of light, foggy scenes, the bluish appearance of the earth s atmosphere, and so on. This paper proposes a fast method for rendering the atmospheric scattering effects based on actual physical phenomena. In the proposed method, look-up tables are prepared to store the intensities of the scattered light, and these are then used as textures. Realistic images are then created at interactive rates by making use of graphics hardware.
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@inproceedings{
:10.2312/EGGH/EGGH02/099-108
,
booktitle = {
SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware
},
editor = {
Thomas Ertl and Wolfgang Heidrich and Michael Doggett
},
title = {{
Interactive Rendering of Atmospheric Scattering Effects Using Graphics Hardware
}},
author = {
Dobashi, Yoshinori
 and 
Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi
 and 
Nishita, Tomoyuki
},
year = {
2002
},
publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {
1727-3471
},
ISBN = {
1-58113-580-1
},
DOI = {
/10.2312/EGGH/EGGH02/099-108
}
}
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https://doi.org/10.2312/EGGH/EGGH02/099-108
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EGGH02: SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware 2002