Multiple-Scattering Microfacet BSDFs with the Smith Model

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The paper "Multiple-Scattering Microfacet BSDFs with the Smith Model" is available here:
https://eheitzresearch.wordpress.com/240-2/

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Modeling multiple scattering in microfacet theory is considered an important open problem because a non-negligible portion of the energy leaving rough surfaces is due to paths that bounce multiple times. In this paper we derive the missing multiple-scattering components of the popular family of BSDFs based on the Smith microsurface model. Our derivations are based solely on the original assumptions of the Smith model. We validate our BSDFs using raytracing simulations of explicit random Beckmann surfaces.

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