Dynamic Display of BRDFs
Matthias B. Hullin, Hendrik P. A. Lensch, Ramesh Raskar, Hans-Peter Seidel, Ivo Ihrke
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EUROGRAPHICS), 2011.
Abstract
This paper deals with the challenge of physically displaying reflectance, i.e., the appearance of a surface and its variation with the observer position and the illuminating environment. This is commonly described by the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF). We provide a catalogue of criteria for the display of BRDFs, and sketch a few orthogonal approaches to solving the problem in an optically passive way. Our specific implementation is based on a liquid surface, on which we excite waves in order to achieve a varying degree of anisotropic roughness. The resulting probability density function of the surface normal is shown to follow a Gaussian distribution similar to most established BRDF models.Files
BibTeX Citation
@INPROCEEDINGS{HullinEG2011,
AUTHOR = {Hullin, Matthias B. and Lensch, Hendrik P. A.
and Raskar, Ramesh and Seidel, Hans-Peter
and Ihrke, Ivo},
EDITOR = {Deussen, Oliver and Chen, Min},
TITLE = {Dynamic Display of {BRDFs}},
BOOKTITLE = {Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. EUROGRAPHICS)},
ORGANIZATION = {Eurographics},
PADDRESS = {Oxford, UK},
ADDRESS = {Llandudno, UK},
PUBLISHER = {Blackwell},
YEAR = {2011},
PAGES = {475--483},
}