Computer scientists find way to make all that glitters more realistic in computer graphics
Thursday, July 21, 2016 - 11:21
in Mathematics & Economics
Iron Man's suit. Captain America's shield. The Batmobile. These all could look a lot more realistic thanks to a new algorithm developed by a team of computer graphics experts. The researchers has created a method to improve how computer graphics software reproduces the way light interacts with extremely small details, called glints, on the surface of a wide range of materials.