Scalable Realistic Rendering with Many‐Light Methods. (14th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dachsbacher, Carsten; Křivánek, Jaroslav; Hašan, Miloš; Arbree, Adam; Walter, Bruce; Novák, Jan
• Is Part Of: Computer graphics forum. Volume 33:Number 1(2014)
• Page Start: 88
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2013-11-14
• Subjects: Computer graphics -- Periodicals; 006.605
• DOI: 10.1111/cgf.12256
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0167-7055

Abstract

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