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Adapting natural phenomena rendering for real-time applications has become a common practice in computer graphics. We propose a GPU-based multi-band method for optimized synthesis of “far from coast” ocean waves using an empirical Fourier domain model. Instead of performing two independent syntheses for low- and high-band frequencies of ocean waves, we perform only low-band synthesis and employ results to reproduce high frequency details of ocean surface by an optimized iterative up-sampling stage. Our experimental results show that this approach greatly improves the performance of original multi-band synthesis while maintaining image quality.
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Miandji, E., Sargazi Moghadam, M.H., Samavati, F.F. et al. Real-time multi-band synthesis of ocean water with new iterative up-sampling technique. Vis Comput 25, 697–705 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-009-0352-2
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