Implementation of a pearl visual simulator based on blurring and interference

Toshimasa Dobashi, Noriko Nagata, Yoshifumi Manabe, S. Inokuchi · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics · 1998

Visual simulation using computer graphics has attracted wide attention in many fields. We propose a method of modeling and visualizing pearls to implement a pearl visual simulator. Pearls manifest a very specific optical phenomenon. To investigate this feature, we propose an optical model of blurring and pearl interference. The experimental results show that the physics-based modeling of internal blurring in the multilayer of a pearl and the partial coherent interference model are effective for high-quality pearl visualization.

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