We propose an algorithm for the real time realistic simulation of multiple anisotropic scattering of light in a volume. Contrary to previous real-time methods we account for all kinds of light paths through the medium and preserve their anisotropic behavior.Our approach consists of estimating the energy transport from the illuminated cloud surface to the rendered cloud pixel for each separate order of multiple scattering. We represent the distribution of light paths reaching a given viewed cloud pixel with the mean and standard deviation of their entry points on the lit surface, which we call the collector area. At rendering time for each pixel we determine the collector area on the lit cloud surface for different sets of scattering orders, then we infer the associated light transport. The fast computation of the collector area and light transport is possible thanks to a preliminary analysis of multiple scattering in planeparallel slabs and does not require slicing or marching through the volume.Rendering is done efficiently in a shader on the GPU, relying on a cloud surface mesh augmented with a Hypertexture to enrich the shape and silhouette. We demonstrate our model with the interactive rendering of detailed animated cumulus and cloudy sky at 2-10 frames per second.
We introduce a new approach to mesh an animated implicit surface for rendering. Our contribution is a method which solves stability issues of implicit triangulation, in the scope of real-time rendering. This method is robust, moreover it provides interactive and quality rendering of animated or manipulated implicit surfaces. This approach is based on a double triangulation of the surface, a mechanical one and a geometric one. In the first triangulation, the vertices are the nodes of a simplified mechanical finite element model. The aim of this model is to uniformly and dynamically sample the surface. It is robust, efficient and prevents the inversion of triangles. The second triangulation is dynamically created from the first one at each frame. It is used for rendering and provides details in regions of high curvature. We demonstrate this technique with skeleton-based and volumetric animated surfaces.
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