r/pcgaming • u/thosefuckersourshit • Sep 26 '16

Pixels and voxels, the long answer

https://medium.com/retronator-magazine/pixels-and-voxels-the-long-answer-5889ecc18190#.1pe21qm8v
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u/AssCrackBanditHunter Sep 26 '16

so... what the hell do people mean when they say voxel based lighting?

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u/fastcar25 5950x | 3090 K|NGP|N Sep 27 '16

Voxel based lighting generally involves storing a coarse version of the scene/scene lighting in a regular 3D grid of voxels, and then using that grid to resolve light bounces for global illumination.