1. The “Other” Side of Physics
Physics of Energy
The “Other” Side of Physics

2. A Framework for Realistic Image Synthesis
Donald P. Greenberg, Kenneth E. Torrance, Peter Shirley, James Arvo, James A.Ferwerda, Sumanta Pattanaik, Eric Lafortune, Bruce Walter, Sing-Choong Foo, Ben Trumbore
Cornell University, University of Utah, California Institute of Technology, Blue Sky Studios

3. What is Energy? Energy vs Mass Properties of Energy
Representing Energy in a Simulation
Types of Energy
How Energy can be used in Dynamics

4. Properties of EMR Interaction with Mass
BRDF
Properties of EMR Interaction with Mass

5. Problem of Reflectance
Types of Reflectance
Problems of Simplicity
Measuring Reflectance
Creating a Reliable Procedural Representation
Problems with Measurement

6. Additional Surface Interaction
Translucency
Refraction
BSDF
Scattering
BSSDF

7. Solving the “Rendering Equation”
Light Transport
Solving the “Rendering Equation”

8. The Rendering Equation
L_o(w) = E(w) + ò r(w , w ') L_i(w')d w '

9. Techniques in Radiometric Representation
Ray Tracing
Ray Casting
Radiosity
Path Tracing
Beam Tracing
Cone Tracing
Photon Mapping
Photon Tracing

10. Concluding Remarks