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KOBRTEK, J. MILET, T. TÓTH, M. HEROUT, A.
Original Title
Comparison of Modern Omnidirectional Precise Shadowing Techniques Versus Ray Tracing
Type
journal article in Web of Science
Language
English
Original Abstract
This paper presents an in depth comparison of state-of-the-art precise shadowing techniques for an omnidirectional point light. We chose several types of modern shadowing algorithms, starting from stencil shadow volumes, methods using traversal of acceleration structures to hardware-accelerated ray-traced shadows. Some methods were further improved - robustness, increased performance; we also provide the first multi-platform implementations of some of the tested algorithms. All the methods are evaluated on several test scenes in different resolutions and on two hardware platforms - with and without dedicated hardware units for ray tracing. We conclude our findings based on speed and memory consumption. Ray-tracing is the fastest and one of the easiest methods to implement with small memory footprint. The Omnidirectional Frustum-Traced Shadows method has a predictable memory footprint and is the second fastest algorithm tested. Our stencil shadow volumes are faster than some newer algorithms. Per-Triangle Shadow Volumes and Clustered Per-Triangle Shadow Volumes are difficult to implement and require the most memory; the latter method scales well with the scene complexity and resolution. Deep Partitioned Shadow Volumes does not excel in any of the measured parameters and is suitable for smaller scenes. The source codes of the testing framework have been made publicly available.
Keywords
shadow algorithms rendering ray tracing rendering systems
Authors
KOBRTEK, J.; MILET, T.; TÓTH, M.; HEROUT, A.
Released
1. 2. 2022
ISBN
0167-7055
Periodical
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM
Year of study
41
Number
1
State
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pages from
106
Pages to
121
Pages count
16
URL
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cgf.14425
BibTex
@article{BUT182324, author="Jozef {Kobrtek} and Tomáš {Milet} and Michal {Tóth} and Adam {Herout}", title="Comparison of Modern Omnidirectional Precise Shadowing Techniques Versus Ray Tracing", journal="COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM", year="2022", volume="41", number="1", pages="106--121", doi="10.1111/cgf.14425", issn="0167-7055", url="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cgf.14425" }