Rendering Structural Color |
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Faculty
Advisor: Emmanuel Agu |
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Team Members: Ben
Sandofsky |
Jonathan
Guillory |
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Iridescence
is a phenomenon whereby certain surfaces give off different colors at
different tilt angles. Iridescent colors are produced by certain animals
and are called structural colors. Examples of such animals include
peacocks, hummingbirds, butterflies, some snakes and beetles. This project
will investigate surface structures and study mechanisms such as
diffraction, interference and dispersive refraction which cause
iridescence in these animals with the goal of producing computer graphics
algorithms and techniques for rendering stunning images of these animals.
Rendering will be done using high-end commercial packages like Maya and
Photoshop and relevant computer graphics issues like polygonal mesh
generation and bi-directional reflectance (BRDF) modeling will be
addressed. http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/i/sects/15/butterfly.jpg http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/images/dogbeetle_400.jpg |