Fabricating microgeometry for custom surface reflectance

Weyrich T, Peers P, Matusik W, Rusinkiewicz S (2009)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Journal

Acm Transactions on Graphics Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Book Volume: 28

Article Number: 32

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1145/1531326.1531338

Abstract

We propose a system for manufacturing physical surfaces that, in aggregate, exhibit a desired surface appearance. Our system begins with a user specification of a BRDF, or simply a highlight shape, and infers the required distribution of surface slopes. We sample this distribution, optimize for a maximally-continuous and valley-minimizing height field, and finally mill the surface using a computer-controlled machine tool. We demonstrate a variety of surfaces, ranging from reproductions of measured BRDFs to materials with unconventional highlights. © 2009 ACM.

Authors with CRIS profile

Tim Weyrich

Involved external institutions

University College London (UCL) GB United Kingdom (GB) University of Southern California (USC) US United States (USA) (US) Adobe Inc US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Weyrich, T., Peers, P., Matusik, W., & Rusinkiewicz, S. (2009). Fabricating microgeometry for custom surface reflectance. Acm Transactions on Graphics, 28(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1531326.1531338

MLA:

Weyrich, Tim, et al. "Fabricating microgeometry for custom surface reflectance." Acm Transactions on Graphics 28.3 (2009).

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