A Hardware Algorithm for Fast Realistic Image Synthesis

Yilmaz, A. C.; Hagestein, S.; Deprettere, E.; Dewilde, P.

A Hardware Algorithm for Fast Realistic Image Synthesis

Files

037-060.pdf (1.3 MB)

Date

1989

Authors

Yilmaz, A. C.
Hagestein, S.
Deprettere, E.
Dewilde, P.

Publisher

The Eurographics Association

Abstract

A VLSI oriented algorithm, for the implementation of a generalized two-pass radiosity method is presented. The method allows any reflection behavior, varying from purely diffuse to perfect mirroring. Moreover, objects may be defined in terms of curved (Bezier) surfaces. All computations in the pre- and postprocess are similar and ray-tracing based, consequently a single architecture can be devised for both passes. This architecture, when built on ray-rotating and ray-tracing pipelined processors such as Cordics, results in a very high throughput VLSI implementation o f the proposed generalized two-pass procedure.

        @inproceedings{:10.2312/EGGH/EGGH89/037-060
,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware
},
editor = {Richard Grimsdale and Wolfgang Strasser
},
title = {{A Hardware Algorithm for Fast Realistic Image Synthesis
}},
author = {Yilmaz, A. C. and 
Hagestein, S. and 
Deprettere, E. and 
Dewilde, P.
},
year = {1989
},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {1727-3471
},
ISBN = {ISBN 3-540-53473-3
},
DOI = {/10.2312/EGGH/EGGH89/037-060
}
}