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ambient occlusion: a standalone construct

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Computer graphics

an approximation of indirect lighting in which each surface point is darkened by how much of its surrounding hemisphere is blocked by nearby geometry.

In computer graphics, ambient occlusion refers to an approximation of indirect lighting in which each surface point is darkened by how much of its surrounding hemisphere is blocked by nearby geometry. This meaning comes from Zhukov (1998) in Eurographics.[1]

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References

Zhukov, S., Iones, A., & Kronin, G. (1998). An ambient light illumination model. In Eurographics (pp. 45-55). Springer Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6453-2_5

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