{"title":"Visual simulation of lightning","authors":"T. Reed, B. Wyvill","doi":"10.1145/192161.192256","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A method for rendering lightning using conventional raytracing techniques is discussed. The approach taken is directed at producing aesthetic images for animation, rather than providing a realistic physically based model for rendering. A particle system is used to generate the path of the lightning channel, and subsequently to animate the lightning. A technique, using implicit surfaces, is introduced for illuminating objects struck by lightning.","PeriodicalId":151245,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"45","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/192161.192256","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 45
Abstract
A method for rendering lightning using conventional raytracing techniques is discussed. The approach taken is directed at producing aesthetic images for animation, rather than providing a realistic physically based model for rendering. A particle system is used to generate the path of the lightning channel, and subsequently to animate the lightning. A technique, using implicit surfaces, is introduced for illuminating objects struck by lightning.