Controlling the microscopic interaction of particles and light is the next big thing in animation. This ground-breaking research is part of a collaboration between Disney/Pixar scientists and those from Dartmouth University. The Technical Papers at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 will reveal more this week in Tokyo.
While you wait, here is a great article about the paper from Jennifer Ouellette on ARS TECHNICA.
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