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Everything about Shadow volume
Computer graphics technique
Shadow volume is a technique used in 3D computer graphics to add shadows to a rendered scene. It was first proposed by Frank Crow in 1977 as the geometry describing the 3D shape of the region occluded from a light source. A shadow volume divides the virtual world in two: areas that are in shadow and areas that are not. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Shadow volumeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Automated volume estimation of particles based on arbitrary 2D shadow images applied to recycled aggregatesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Three dimensional structure from active shadowingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A geometry-based soft shadow volume algorithm using graphics hardwareCited 70 times
- Go sideways: Per-pixel lightingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Shadow mappingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A geometry-based soft shadow volume algorithm using graphics hardware
Shadow volume reconstruction from depth maps
Currency substitution in the shadow economy: International panel evidence using local Bitcoin trade volume
Survey of Shadow Volume Algorithms in Computer Graphics
Volume of the polar of random sets and shadow systems
Relationship of bladder shadow to bladder volume on excretion urography
Interactive directional ambient occlusion and shadow computations for volume ray casting
A comparison of three shadow volume algorithms
🆕 Influential since 2022
Automated volume estimation of particles based on arbitrary 2D shadow images applied to recycled aggregates
A Shadow Geometry Approach for Olive Tree Canopy Volume Estimation Using WorldView-3 Multispectral Imagery
Influence of Inheritance Tax on the Size of Shadow Economy and the Volume of Tax Evasion
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Three dimensional structure from active shadowingLei Wang · 1995
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