CS348B Spring 2017 Rendering Competition

The renderings below were created for the rendering competition in CS348B: Image Synthesis Techniques, taught by Pat Hanrahan and Matt Pharr in the Spring quarter of 2017.

Grand Prize

Molten Glass

by Kyle Fisher

Kyle introduced a spatially-varying VolumeLight abstraction to pbrt, which enabled him to efficiently render molten glass.

[ more info ]

[ final image ]

First Prize

Reading at Night

by Viet Vo and Sang Goo Kang

Viet and Sang Goo used a physically-based model of a candle flame along with a volumetric approach to produce the subtle multi-layered flames illuminating this nighttime scene.

[ more info ]

[ final image ]

Second Prize

An Antique Cup of Tea

by Sean Liu, Toki Migimatsu, and Wilbur Yang

Sean implemented equiangular sampling for heterogeneous media, which was used to efficiently render steam. Toki implemented 4D Gaussian mixtures to capture the specular microstructure of brushed metal, and Wilbur modeled the scene and ran the fluid simulations. Together they produced this subtly complex image combining steam, fluids, and brushed metal.

[ more info ]

[ final image ]

Grand Prize
	Molten Glass by Kyle Fisher Kyle introduced a spatially-varying VolumeLight abstraction to pbrt, which enabled him to efficiently render molten glass. [ more info ] [ final image ]
First Prize
	Reading at Night by Viet Vo and Sang Goo Kang Viet and Sang Goo used a physically-based model of a candle flame along with a volumetric approach to produce the subtle multi-layered flames illuminating this nighttime scene. [ more info ] [ final image ]
Second Prize
	An Antique Cup of Tea by Sean Liu, Toki Migimatsu, and Wilbur Yang Sean implemented equiangular sampling for heterogeneous media, which was used to efficiently render steam. Toki implemented 4D Gaussian mixtures to capture the specular microstructure of brushed metal, and Wilbur modeled the scene and ran the fluid simulations. Together they produced this subtly complex image combining steam, fluids, and brushed metal. [ more info ] [ final image ]