Interactive ray shading of FRep objects

Date issued

2008

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Publisher

Václav Skala - UNION Agency

Abstract

In this paper we present a method for interactive rendering general procedurally defined functionally represented (FRep) objects using the acceleration with graphics hardware, namely Graphics Processing Units (GPU). We obtain interactive rates by using GPU acceleration for all computations in rendering algorithm, such as raysurface intersection, function evaluation and normal computations. We compute primary rays as well as secondary rays for shadows, reflection and refraction for obtaining high quality of the output visualization and further extension to ray-tracing of FRep objects. The algorithm is well-suited for modern GPUs and provides acceptable interactive rates with good quality of the results. A wide range of objects can be rendered including traditional skeletal implicit surfaces, constructive solids, and purely procedural objects such as 3D fractals.

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funkční reprezentace, implicitní modely, interaktivní vykreslování, sledování paprsku, real-time vykreslování

Citation

WSCG '2008: Communication Papers: The 16-th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision in co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS: University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic, February 4 - 7, 2008, p. 145-152.