Olivier Mercier
Research Scientist - Display Systems ResearchReality Labs Research, Meta
oli.mercier@gmail.com
              Eikonal Approximation for Real-Time Height Field Caustics
            
            
              Course Project, 2013
            
            
            
            
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                Caustics are a key ingredient to produce believable refractive fluid simulations. However, their complex nature makes them very costly to evaluate accurately. For this reason, caustics are often omitted in real-time applications. In this paper, we present a novel method for creating caustics using the eikonal equation. We focus mainly on underwater caustics created by a water interface represented by a height field, with emphasis on interactive frame rates.
              
            
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