Justin Syfrig

Reflections play a significant role in the behaviour of realistic lighting and have therefore been subject to many research efforts for computer graphics. In this study, three methods to produce real-time reflections have been designed and evaluated in a virtual environment. The results identify which of these three methods reaches the best standards, therefore suggesting the most suitable rendering method in modern game engines. Amongst the many possibilities, the three chosen techniques are environment mapping, ray tracing and path tracing. A demo application to showcase the methods has been built in C++ using the DirectX 12 & DirectX Raytracing graphics APIs.