Publications related to Mental Ray

Efficient and Accurate Physically-Based Differentiable Rendering

Physically-based rendering algorithms generate photorealistic images of virtual scenes. By simulating light paths in a scene, complex physical effects such as shadows, reflections and volumetric scattering can be reproduced. Over the last decade, physicall ...

EPFL2022

Ray-tracing MRT and human thermophysiology model combination for local discomfort prediction

Dolaana Khovalyg, Arnab Chatterjee, Mohamad Rida

Thermal comfort and discomfort based on the local sensation of different body parts have been an important development in thermal comfort studies from the past decade. The human thermophysiology model can be a handy tool to predict local skin and core temp ...

TU Delft2022

Content-Preserving Unpaired Translation from Simulated to Realistic Ultrasound Images

Devavrat Tomar, Lin Zhang

Interactive simulation of ultrasound imaging greatly facilitates sonography training. Although ray-tracing based methods have shown promising results, obtaining realistic images requires substantial modeling effort and manual parameter tuning. In addition, ...

Springer2021

Three-dimensional radiative transfer effects on airborne and ground-based trace gas remote sensing

Alexis Berne, Dominik Brunner, Thomas Wagner

Air mass factors (AMFs) are used in passive trace gas remote sensing for converting slant column densities (SCDs) to vertical column densities (VCDs). AMFs are traditionally computed with 1D radiative transfer models assuming horizontally homogeneous condi ...

2020

Microfabrication of curved sidewall grooves using scanning nanosecond excimer laser ablation

Patrik Willi Hoffmann, André Gabriel Kostro, Jing Gong, Josef Andreas Schuler, Georgios Violakis

Novel glazing with embedded micro-mirrors can significantly reduce the energy consumption due to cooling and lighting in buildings. Especially promising are large arrays of periodic micro compound-parabolic-concentrators (CPCs) with angular-selected transm ...

SPIE2018

Feasibility study on a novel daylighting system with embedded micro compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs)

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Andreas Schueler, André Gabriel Kostro, Jing Gong

A novel glazing system consisting of a polymer layer with embedded micro compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs), which is attached to a glass pane of glazing, is proposed. It aims to reduce the energy consumption due to cooling in buildings, provide dayli ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2018

3D-modeling of vegetation from LiDAR point clouds and assessment of its impact on façade solar irradiation

Marilyne Andersen, Emmanuel Rey, Giuseppe Peronato

The presence of vegetation can significantly affect the solar irradiation received on building surfaces. Due to the complex shape and seasonal variability of vegetation geometry, this topic has gained much attention from researchers. However, existing meth ...

International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing2016

Dynamic 3D Avatar Creation from Hand-held Video Input

Mark Pauly, Sofien Bouaziz, Alexandru Eugen Ichim

We present a complete pipeline for creating fully rigged, personalized 3D facial avatars from hand-held video. Our system faithfully recovers facial expression dynamics of the user by adapting a blendshape template to an image sequence of recorded expressi ...

Assoc Computing Machinery2015

Contactless deflection sensing of concave and convex shapes assisted by soft mirrors

Dario Floreano, Michal Karol Dobrzynski, Ramon Pericet Camara, Ionut Halasz

Typical deflection sensors like strain gauges or devices based on optical fibers require physical contact with the deflected substrate during the measurement process. Such contact, however, impacts on the softness of the substrate and may falsify the measu ...

2012

Ray-tracing simulation of complex fenestration systems based on digitally processed BTDF data

Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Jérôme Henri Kämpf

The implementation of Complex Fenestration Systems (CFS) in the day-to-day life by practitioners, such as lighting designers, architects and façade makers is not an easy task. However, computer design tools can reinforce their usage through the determinati ...

EPFL2011

Solar radiation modelling for urban environments

Darren Robinson

In this paper we briefly describe three alternative techniques for modelling solar radiation in the urban context. These include the use of: (i) simple morphological parameters as indicators of radiation availability, (ii) a ray-tracing program in conjunct ...

Université de Technologie Compiègne2010