GPU Pro 4

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Rasterized Voxel-Based

Dynamic Global Illumination

Hawar Doghramachi

7.1 Introduction

For modern games it becomes more and more important to offer a realistic envi-

ronment, where a convincing illumination plays a central role. Therefor, not only

direct illumination but also indirect illumination has to be taken into account. At

the same time modern games increasingly offer the player the possibility to inter-

act with the game world, i.e., move objects around, destroy buildings, or change

the lighting dynamically. This is where dynamic global illumination comes into

play; in contrast to static precalculated solutions, it does account for highly dy- ...