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The Simulation of Natural Features Using Cone Tracing

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The method of ray tracing with cones is used to area sample objects for properly filtered rendering. Methods for generating anti-aliased reflections and refractions distorted by normal vector perturbation (bump-mapping) are developed to simulate the appearance of rippled water surfaces. The sampling aperture of the cones is distorted to anti-alias the reflections and refractions properly. A calculated texture function is used as a diffusion map for transparent surfaces to simulate the visual effect of diffuse, soft-shadowed cloud layers.

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  1. Raster Technologies, Inc., 2 Robbins Road, Westford, MA, 01886, USA

    David B. Kirk

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  1. Kunii Laboratory of Computer Science Department of Information Science Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

    Tosiyasu L. Kunii (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

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Kirk, D.B. (1986). The Simulation of Natural Features Using Cone Tracing. In: Kunii, T.L. (eds) Advanced Computer Graphics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68036-9_9

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