Combined Rendering of Polarization and Fluorescence Effects

Abstract

Tel: +43 (1) 58801-18601 Fax: +43 (1) 58801-18698 Abstract We propose a practicable way to include both polarization and fluorescence effects in a rendering system at the same time. Previous research in this direction only demonstrated support for either one of these phenomena; using both effects simultaneously was so far not possible, mainly because the techniques for the treatment of polarized light were com-plicated and required rendering systems written specifically for this task. The key improvement over previous work is that we use a different, more easily handled formalism for the description of polarization state, which also enables us to include flu-orescence effects in a natural fashion. Moreover, all of our proposals are straightforward extensions to a conventional spectral rendering system.