Olivier Mercier

Research Scientist - Display Systems Research
Reality Labs Research, Meta

oli.mercier@gmail.com
Eikonal Approximation for Real-Time Height Field Caustics
Course Project, 2013
Abstract
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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