Syllabus
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1. Definition of predictive rendering *
2. Physics background the foundations of light transport *
3. Theoretical foundations of rendering technologies the rendering equation, emphasis on the unbiased rendering algorithms typical for predictive rendering *
4. Spectral rendering how one can represent the spectral behaviour of light and reflectance *
5. Physically based reflectance models *
6. Measurement of surface properties *
7. Measurement of incident illumination *
8. Verification of rendering techniques *
9. Display considerations for Predictive Rendering results
Annotation
The topic of this lecture is predictive image synthesis, and the technologies that are needed to accomplish it. The emphasis of the lecture is on those aspects of computer graphics that are unique to this particular application domain.