Computing lighting that looks real remains complex and inefficient, as the necessary consideration of all possible paths light can take remains too costly to be performed for every pixel in real-time.

In my first column for TV Tech, I looked at how modeling shadows allow us to perceive depth on a flat screen. Two working eyes that have overlapping fields of vision provide you with binocular vision ...

Koito Manufacturing has been granted a patent for a method of controlling lighting operation. The method involves actively illuminating a scene with pulsed light, gating pixel elements of an image ...

New study looks at utilities and other energy efficiency programs to incentivize exterior lighting products that satisfy the DLC’s LUNA Technical Requirements. LUNA-qualified products are designed to ...

Signify has filed a patent for a method of mapping a second light scene onto multiple lighting units. The method involves analyzing the first and second light settings to determine their respective ...

Ray tracing is the hot new buzzword in visual effects right now, and using the rendering technique means stunning scenes in games, if you've got the hardware - and the games - to do it. Fortunately, a ...