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Reflection mapping

In computer graphics, reflection mapping or environment mapping is an efficient image-based lighting technique for approximating the appearance of a reflective surface by means of a precomputed texture. The texture is used to store the image of the distant environment surrounding the rendered object.

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Reflection mapping

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples4
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Reflection mapping

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related to External links · 4
Reflection mapping → Cube Environment MappingApproximation, Paul DebevecNVIDIA's, Reflection, The Story

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mapping reflection environment object texture used cube sphere map spherical surface reflected rendering ray technique case reflective point healpix maps

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Reflection mappingrelated to External linksThe Story0.60section
Reflection mappingrelated to External linksReflection0.60section
Reflection mappingrelated to External linksPaul DebevecNVIDIA's0.60section
Reflection mappingrelated to External linksCube Environment MappingApproximation0.60section

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