# Iridescent Light Simulations | Two Minute Papers #165

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- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SauCsNkGr-E
- **Дата:** 24.06.2017
- **Длительность:** 3:05
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## Описание

The paper "A Practical Extension to Microfacet Theory for the Modeling of Varying Iridescence" and its source code is available here:
https://belcour.github.io/blog/research/2017/05/01/brdf-thin-film.html

Additional reading:
1. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/amazing-iridescent-fruit-worlds-most-intense-color.html
2. https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-birds-make-colorful-feathers/
3. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/african-fruit-brightest-thing-in-nature-but-does-not-use-pigment-to-create-its-extraordinary-colour

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## Содержание

### [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SauCsNkGr-E) Segment 1 (00:00 - 03:00)

dear fellow Scholars this is 2minute papers with car from many fond childhood memories most of us are quite fond of the colorful physical appearance of Bubbles and fuel water mixtures we also know surprisingly little about this peculiar phenomenon where the color of an object changes when we either turn our head or change the lighting this happens in a very colorful Manner and physicists like to call this iridescence or gonio chromism what is even less known know is that if we try to use a light simulation program to make an image with lettera we'll be surprised to see that it also shows a pronounced gonio chromatic effect an even more less known fact is that quite a few Birds insects minerals seashells and even some fruits are iridescent as well I've added links to some really cool additional readings to the video description for your enjoyment this effect is caused by materials that scatter different colors of light in different directions a white incoming light is therefore scattered not in One Direction but in a number of different directions sorted by their colors this is why we get these beautiful rainbow colored patterns that we all love so much now that we know what iridescence is the next step is obviously to infuse our light simulation programs to have this awesome feature this paper is about simulating this effect with microfacets which are tiny micro structures on the surface of rough objects and with this it is now suddenly possible to put a thin iridescent film onto a virtual object and create a photorealistic image out of it if you're into math and would like to read about some tasty spectral integration in the frequency space with Fier transforms this paper is for you if you're not a mathematician also make sure to have a look because the production quality of this paper is through the roof the methodology derivations comparisons are all really crisp loving it if you have a look you will get a glimpse of what it takes to create a work of this quality this is one of the best papers in photorealistic rendering I've seen in a while in the meantime I'm getting more and more messages from you fellow Scholars who tell their stories on how they chose to turn their lives around and started studying science because of this series wow that's incredibly humbling and I really don't know how to express my joy for this I always say that it's so great to be a part of the future and I am delighted to see that some of you want to be a part of the future and not only as an observer but as a research scientist this sort of impact is stronger than the absolute best case scenario I have ever dreamed of for the series thanks for watching and for your generous support and now see you next time h

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