Articles in CG Labs

Understanding Resumable Rendering

In short, resumable rendering is the ability to have incomplete renders resume where they left off.

Disney Research parametrically constructs eyes based on simple data

Disney Research parametrically constructs eyes based on simple data

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Understanding Adaptive Lights

Understanding Adaptive Lights

Understanding Glossy Fresnel

We take a closer look at the Glossy Fresnel effect that will be added to to upcoming V-Ray service packs

Wikihuman project explores the use of the alSurface shader

Wikihuman project looks at using the alSurface shader on the new Digital Mike data.

Two tools to view your stereo cubemaps in VR

Two tools to view your stereo cubemaps in VR

FX Guide article on V-Ray's stochastic flakes

FX Guide article on V-Ray's stochastic flakes

V-Ray's implementation of the Anders Langlands' alSurface shader

V-Ray's implementation of the Anders Langlands' alSurface shader

The truth about unbiased rendering

Over the years, there have been many debates about whether biased or unbiased rendering is better.

© Bertrand Benoit
Environments: a major key to VR's success

Christopher Nichols talks VR and Environments for CGW's March / April issue.

Blagovest Taskov looks at the new Polaris based AMD cards

Blagovest Taskov benchmarks the latest Polaris based AMD RX 480

Voices of VR podcast on challenges of Architecture in VR

Road to VR's podcast on underestimating scale in VR environments

R&D at Chaos Group with V-Ray RT rendering directly to Oculus viewer

R&D shows using V-Ray RT to render directly into an Oculus viewer.

Guide to GPU Rendering

Welcome to the Chaos Group Labs’ Guide to GPU Rendering.

Uncube feature on DFL member Ben West

Uncube featured an article about Digital Film League member Ben West on how his architecture background have help him evolve his creative skill set.

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Viewing VR stereo cubemaps in a browser and Google Cardboard

Stanley Brusse takes the stereo cubemap images done for the Guide to VR aand allows us to view them directly into a browser

CG Society talks to Christopher Nichols about Labs

CG Society talks to Christopher Nichols about Labs

The Guide to VR is out.

Check out the new Guide to VR.

Dr. Angela Tinwell discusses the Norman Seeff podcast

Dr. Angela Tinwell discusses the Norman Seeff podcast

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Wikihuman Project: Eyeing Disney Zurich Research

Mike Seymour, Co-founder of fxguide.com and fxphd.com discusses the latest DHL scanning

Digital Film League welcomes Justin Denton

Justin Denton is a director and vfx supervisor specializing in VR content.

Vlado explains sampling in V-Ray 3

Vlado explains sampling in V-Ray 3

Stereo cube maps rendered in V-Ray RT GPU for VR

While working on CONSTRUCT, Kevin Margo decided to experiment with the new stereo 6 x 1 cube maps for VR.

Ben West joins the Digital Film League

Ben West joins the Digital Film League