Microfacet News
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arXiv cs.GR details a new diffuse-like BRDF that evaluates and importance-samples in closed form while accounting for all scattering orders under Smith shadowing. For rendering teams, the practical draw is …
A one-line substitution can turn existing microfacet BSDFs into physically plausible retroreflective materials, which is a nice practical win for graphics teams. The model is already in OpenPBR and MaterialX, …
A small but practical graphics change: the Minimal Retroreflective Microfacet model can turn an existing microfacet BSDF into a physically plausible retroreflective one by swapping in the reflected view direction. …
A new rendering paper tries to lift microfacet ideas from the micro scale to the macro scale by turning surfaces into volumetric statistical representations. The practical pitch is that you …