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We present techniques that enhance global illumination algorithms by incorporating the effects of participating media. Instead of ray marching we use a sophisticated Monte Carlo method for the realization of propagation events and transmittance estimations. The presented techniques lead to unbiased estimators of the light transport equation with participating media.
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Raab, M., Seibert, D., Keller, A. (2008). Unbiased Global Illumination with Participating Media. In: Keller, A., Heinrich, S., Niederreiter, H. (eds) Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods 2006. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74496-2_35
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