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The Irradiance Volume
March-April 1998 (vol. 18 no. 2)
pp. 32-43
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Gene Greger, Peter Shirley, Philip M. Hubbard, Donald P. Greenberg, "The Irradiance Volume," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 32-43, March-April, 1998.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/38.656788,
author = {Gene Greger and Peter Shirley and Philip M. Hubbard and Donald P. Greenberg},
title = {The Irradiance Volume},
journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
volume = {18},
number = {2},
issn = {0272-1716},
year = {1998},
pages = {32-43},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/38.656788},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
TI - The Irradiance Volume
IS - 2
SN - 0272-1716
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EPD - 32-43
A1 - Gene Greger,
A1 - Peter Shirley,
A1 - Philip M. Hubbard,
A1 - Donald P. Greenberg,
PY - 1998
KW - computer graphics
KW - global illumination
KW - realistic image synthesis
KW - light field
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JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
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This article presents a volumetric representation for the global illumination within a space based on the radiometric quantity irradiance. We call this representation the irradiance volume. Although irradiance is traditionally computed only for surfaces, we extend its definition to all points and directions in space. The irradiance volume supports the reconstruction of believable approximations to the illumination in situations that overwhelm traditional global illumination algorithms. A theoretical basis for the irradiance volume is discussed and the methods and issues involved with building the volume are described. The irradiance volume method shows good performance in several practical situations.

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Index Terms:
computer graphics, global illumination, realistic image synthesis, light field
Citation:
Gene Greger, Peter Shirley, Philip M. Hubbard, Donald P. Greenberg, "The Irradiance Volume," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 32-43, March-April 1998, doi:10.1109/38.656788
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