Spatially varying image based lighting using HDR-video

In this paper, we present a novel image based framework capturing and rendering with the lighting found in real world scenes. The framework is based on recent developments in HDR video capture, enabling efficient capture of the full dimensionality of the illumination in large environments exhibiting both complex spatial and angular variations. The image shows a comparison between traditional image based lighting (left), and our method (right). It is evident that the lighting complexity enabled by HDR video based scene capture increases the realism and visual interest in the resulting renderings significantly.135