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Biased solution of integral illumination equation via irradiance caching and path tracing on GPUs

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This work presents an approach for biased photorealistic rendering on graphics processor units (GPUs). The key idea of the approach is to combine irradiance caching with coherent adaptive path tracing.

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Frolov, A.A. Kharlamov, A.V. Ignatenko, 2011, published in Programmirovanie, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 5.

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Frolov, V.A., Kharlamov, A.A. & Ignatenko, A.V. Biased solution of integral illumination equation via irradiance caching and path tracing on GPUs. Program Comput Soft 37, 252–259 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768811050021

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