We develop a simple and efficient method for soft shadows from planar area light sources,
based on explicit occlusion calculation by raytracing, followed by adaptive image-space …

This paper introduces an accurate real‐time soft shadow algorithm that uses sample based
visibility. Initially, we present a GPU‐based alias‐free hard shadow map algorithm that …

This study will provide an overview of popular and famous algorithms and techniques in
shadow generation based on shadow volumes. It characterizes well-known techniques …

Shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and provide important visual cues. In recent
years, many important contributions have been made both for hard shadows and soft …

We introduce a straightforward, robust, and efficient algorithm for rendering high-quality soft
shadows in dynamic scenes. Each frame, points in the scene visible from the eye are …

Recent soft shadow mapping techniques based on back‐projection can render high quality
soft shadows in real time. However, real time high quality rendering of large penumbrae is …

This course provides an overview of efficient, real-time shadow algorithms. It presents the
theoretical background but also discusses implementation details for facilitating efficient …

At each shade point, the spherical visibility function encodes occlusion from surrounding
geometry, in all directions. Computing this function is difficult and point‐sampling …

We present a novel hybrid rendering method for diffuse and glossy indirect illumination. A
scene is rendered using standard rasterization on a GPU. In a shader, secondary ray …

We present a soft shadow rendering algorithm that is general, efficient and accurate. The
algorithm supports fully dynamic scenes, with moving and deforming blockers and receivers …