More Efficient Virtual Shadow Maps for Many Lights
Journal article, 2015

Recently, several algorithms have been introduced that enable real-time performance for many lights in applications such as games. In this paper, we explore the use of hardware-supported virtual cube-map shadows to efficiently implement high-quality shadows from hundreds of light sources in real time and within a bounded memory footprint. In addition, we explore the utility of ray tracing for shadows from many lights and present a hybrid algorithm combining ray tracing with cube maps to exploit their respective strengths. Our solution supports real-time performance with hundreds of lights in fully dynamic high-detail scenes.

Author

Ola Olsson

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

Markus Billeter

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

Erik Sintorn

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

Viktor Kämpe

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

Ulf Assarsson

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Computer Engineering (Chalmers)

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

1077-2626 (ISSN) 19410506 (eISSN)

Vol. 21 6 701-713 7076609

Subject Categories

Computer Engineering

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

DOI

10.1109/TVCG.2015.2418772

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