Realistic Rendering in 3D Walkthroughs with High Quality Fast Reflections

Graphics applications have generated visual effects increasingly realistic and for such purpose, reflection effects are essential. To render realistic images, the reflectance of surfaces must be simulated accurately. In this context, it is common to use ray tracing, since it represents with great fidelity the behavior of light. However, ray tracing is still a very costly algorithm, so far indicated only in offline rendering scenarios. This paper presents a new hybrid solution for generating realistic rendering of objects in 3D walkthroughs. Moreover, the results show that our algorithm has a competitive performance, especially in generating high quality fast reflections, when comparing with those generated with a fully implemented ray tracing algorithm.