Using animation quality metric to improve efficiency of global illumination computation for dynamic environments

Karol Myszkowski; Takehiro Tawara; Hans-Peter Seidel

doi:10.1117/12.469514

30 May 2002 Using animation quality metric to improve efficiency of global illumination computation for dynamic environments

Karol Myszkowski, Takehiro Tawara, Hans-Peter Seidel

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Proceedings Volume 4662, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469514
Event: Electronic Imaging, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we consider applications of perception-based video quality metrics to improve the performance of global lighting computations for dynamic environments. For this purpose we extend the Visible Difference Predictor (VDP) developed by Daly to handle computer animations. We incorporate into the VDP the spatio-velocity CSF model developed by Kelly. The CSF model requires data on the velocity of moving patterns across the image plane. We use the 3D image warping technique to compensate for the camera motion, and we conservatively assume that the motion of animated objects (usually strong attractors of the visual attention) is fully compensated by the smooth pursuit eye motion. Our global illumination solution is based on stochastic photon tracing and takes advantage of temporal coherence of lighting distribution, by processing photons both in the spatial and temporal domains. The VDP is used to keep noise inherent in stochastic methods below the sensitivity level of the human observer. As a result a perceptually-consistent quality across all animation frames is obtained.

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Karol Myszkowski, Takehiro Tawara, and Hans-Peter Seidel "Using animation quality metric to improve efficiency of global illumination computation for dynamic environments", Proc. SPIE 4662, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VII, (30 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469514

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