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Research on Shadow Map Based Shadow Generation

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Entertainment for Education. Digital Techniques and Systems (Edutainment 2010)

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Shadow map algorithms are commonly used in shadow generation due to their simplicity and independence of scene complexity. Three aspects are considered in constructing appropriate shadow maps: the number of shadow maps, parameterization of shadow maps and the content of shadow maps. Following these three aspects, this paper will study most of the shadow map algorithms currently proposed, discuss their advantages and drawbacks and their application areas.

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  1. State Key Lab for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University, China

    Jie Guo, Xiao-Yang Xu, Yan Zhuang & Jin-Gui Pan

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  1. Institute of Automation, LIAMA, The Sino-French Lab in Computer Science, NLPR, National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, China

    Xiaopeng Zhang

  2. School of Software, Ideal Institute of Information and Technology, E-learning Laboratory of Jilin Province, Engineering & Research Center of E-learning, Northeast Normal University, 130117, ChangChun, China

    Shaochun Zhong

  3. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, DEARC – Digital Entertainment and Animation Research Center, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Zhigeng Pan

  4. School of Information Technology, South St. Murdoch, Murdoch University, 6150, Perth, WA, Australia

    Kevin Wong

  5. School of Education and Science, Digital Entertainment Research Center, Nanjing Normal University, 310097, Nanjing, China

    Ruwei Yun

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Guo, J., Xu, XY., Zhuang, Y., Pan, JG. (2010). Research on Shadow Map Based Shadow Generation. In: Zhang, X., Zhong, S., Pan, Z., Wong, K., Yun, R. (eds) Entertainment for Education. Digital Techniques and Systems. Edutainment 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6249. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14533-9_54

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