How are the reflection / transmission coefficients that the professor mentioend in lecture assigned? Are they related to the physical properties of the object?
This is really cool because my physics class touched on some of these concepts in optics, and I'm very interested as to how that interpretation meshes (pun intended) with the graphics one.
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The professor mentioned BRDFs (bidirectional reflectance distribution function) in lecture which are functions that describe the reflective behavior of an object. According to Wikipedia there are devices to measure the BRDFs of normal objects, although the measurement process can be quite slow.
How are the reflection / transmission coefficients that the professor mentioend in lecture assigned? Are they related to the physical properties of the object?
This is really cool because my physics class touched on some of these concepts in optics, and I'm very interested as to how that interpretation meshes (pun intended) with the graphics one.
The professor mentioned BRDFs (bidirectional reflectance distribution function) in lecture which are functions that describe the reflective behavior of an object. According to Wikipedia there are devices to measure the BRDFs of normal objects, although the measurement process can be quite slow.