I’ve bundled my thesis implementations and put them up for download on the thesis code page. The thesis text (and a small overview) can be downloaded from the thesis page itself. I’d like to thank my promotor, suprvisors and readers for all their efforts, and hope my work and code …
If you want to experiment with Physically Based Rendering, PBRT is the tool to use. Unfortunately, the latest builds (>1.03) have some incomplete instructions on how to build PBRT on your own machine. Update: I’ve recently compiled PBRT on Ubuntu 12.10 using the following (shorter!) instructions. Might want to try these …
A new implementation of regular contours got rid of the noise I had in certain models with sharp edges (Stanford Dragon). Further optimization made it possible to record this demo: Now, I’m trying to find out why the suggestive contours ‘flicker’ in nearby viewpoints.