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We propose a differentiable rendering algorithm for efficient novel view synthesis. By departing from volume-based representations in favor of a learned point representation, we improve on existing methods more than an order of magnitude in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Qiang Zhang , Seung-Hwan Baek , Szymon Rusinkiewicz , Felix Heide

We show how shadows can be efficiently generated in differentiable rendering of triangle meshes. Our central observation is that pre-filtered shadow mapping, a technique for approximating shadows based on rendering from the perspective of a…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Markus Worchel , Marc Alexa

The acquisition of objects outside the Line-of-Sight of cameras is a very intriguing but also extremely challenging research topic. Recent works showed the feasibility of this idea exploiting transient imaging data produced by custom direct…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Matteo Caligiuri , Adriano Simonetto , Pietro Zanuttigh

Safe trajectory planning in complex environments must balance stringent collision avoidance with real-time efficiency, which is a long-standing challenge in robotics. In this work, we present a diffusion-based trajectory planning framework…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Wule Mao , Zhouheng Li , Yunhao Luo , Yilun Du , Lei Xie

Differentiable rendering has gained significant attention in the field of robotics, with differentiable robot rendering emerging as an effective paradigm for learning robotic actions from image-space supervision. However, the lack of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Quanyuan Ruan , Jiabao Lei , Wenhao Yuan , Yanglin Zhang , Dekun Lu , Guiliang Liu , Kui Jia

We present a methodology for automated real-time analysis of a radio image data stream with the goal to find transient sources. Contrary to previous works, the transients we are interested in occur on a time-scale where dispersion starts to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-09 David Ruhe , Mark Kuiack , Antonia Rowlinson , Ralph Wijers , Patrick Forré

The perception of moving objects is crucial for autonomous robots performing collision avoidance in dynamic environments. LiDARs and cameras tremendously enhance scene interpretation but do not provide direct motion information and face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Matthias Zeller , Vardeep S. Sandhu , Benedikt Mersch , Jens Behley , Michael Heidingsfeld , Cyrill Stachniss

Modern computer vision algorithms have brought significant advancement to 3D geometry reconstruction. However, illumination and material reconstruction remain less studied, with current approaches assuming very simplified models for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Dejan Azinović , Tzu-Mao Li , Anton Kaplanyan , Matthias Nießner

Rendering and inverse rendering are pivotal tasks in both computer vision and graphics. The rendering equation is the core of the two tasks, as an ideal conditional distribution transfer function from intrinsic properties to RGB images.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Zhifei Chen , Tianshuo Xu , Wenhang Ge , Leyi Wu , Dongyu Yan , Jing He , Luozhou Wang , Lu Zeng , Shunsi Zhang , Yingcong Chen

Neural rendering algorithms have revolutionized computer graphics, yet their impact on real-time rendering under arbitrary lighting conditions remains limited due to strict latency constraints in practical applications. The key challenge…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Yijie Deng , Lei Han , Lu Fang

Global illumination (GI) is essential for realistic rendering but remains computationally expensive due to the complexity of simulating indirect light transport. Recent neural methods have mainly relied on per-scene optimization, sometimes…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Bing Xu , Mukund Varma T , Cheng Wang , Tzumao Li , Lifan Wu , Bartlomiej Wronski , Ravi Ramamoorthi , Marco Salvi

A range of video modeling tasks, from optical flow to multiple object tracking, share the same fundamental challenge: establishing space-time correspondence. Yet, approaches that dominate each space differ. We take a step towards bridging…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Zhangxing Bian , Allan Jabri , Alexei A. Efros , Andrew Owens

This work considers identifying parameters characterizing a physical system's dynamic motion directly from a video whose rendering configurations are inaccessible. Existing solutions require massive training data or lack generalizability to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Pingchuan Ma , Tao Du , Joshua B. Tenenbaum , Wojciech Matusik , Chuang Gan

Fast variability of optical objects is an interesting though poorly explored subject in modern astronomy. Real-time data processing and identification of transient celestial events in the images is very important for such study as it allows…

The correct insertion of virtual objects in images of real-world scenes requires a deep understanding of the scene's lighting, geometry and materials, as well as the image formation process. While recent large-scale diffusion models have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Ruofan Liang , Zan Gojcic , Merlin Nimier-David , David Acuna , Nandita Vijaykumar , Sanja Fidler , Zian Wang

The next generation of observatories will facilitate the discovery of new types of astrophysical transients. The detection of such phenomena, whose characteristics are presently poorly constrained, will hinge on the ability to perform blind…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-06 Iftach Sadeh

Real-time rendering of dynamic line sets is relevant in many visualization tasks, including unsteady flow visualization and interactive white matter reconstruction from Magnetic Resonance Imaging. High-quality global illumination and…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Bram Kraaijeveld , Andrei C. Jalba , Anna Vilanova , Maxime Chamberland

This work presents a differentiable rendering approach that allows latent fractal flame parameters to be learned from image supervision using gradient descent optimization. The approach extends the state-of-the-art in differentiable…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Jordan J. Bannister , Derek Nowrouzezahrai

The capability to transfer mastered skills to accomplish a range of similar yet novel tasks is crucial for intelligent robots. In this work, we introduce $\textit{Diff-Transfer}$, a novel framework leveraging differentiable physics…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Yuqi Xiang , Feitong Chen , Qinsi Wang , Yang Gang , Xiang Zhang , Xinghao Zhu , Xingyu Liu , Lin Shao

We propose a simple yet effective neural network-based framework for global illumination rendering. Recently, rendering techniques that learn neural radiance caches by minimizing the difference (i.e., residual) between the left and right…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-15 In-Young Cho , Jaewoong Cho