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Eikonal Fields for Refractive Novel-View Synthesis

arXiv 2202.00948 ↗First posted 2 Feb 2022cs.GR cs.CVcited by 30

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Abstract (arXiv)

We tackle the problem of generating novel-view images from collections of 2D images showing refractive and reflective objects. Current solutions assume opaque or transparent light transport along straight paths following the emission-absorption model. Instead, we optimize for a field of 3D-varying Index of Refraction (IoR) and trace light through it that bends toward the spatial gradients of said IoR according to the laws of eikonal light transport.

Key facts. Cited by 30 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Builds on 25 of its 67 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 2 Feb 2022.

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  1. 2019ClearGrasp: 3D Shape Estimation of Transparent Objects for Manipulationcited by 124
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  1. 20244D-Rotor Gaussian Splatting: Towards Efficient Novel View Synthesis for Dynamic Scenescited by 185
  2. 2023HyperReel: High-Fidelity 6-DoF Video with Ray-Conditioned Samplingcited by 173
  3. 2024Ref-GS: Directional Factorization for 2D Gaussian Splattingcited by 27
  4. 2024Rip-NeRF: Anti-aliasing Radiance Fields with Ripmap-Encoded Platonic Solidscited by 23
  5. 2023NeRRF: 3D Reconstruction and View Synthesis for Transparent and Specular Objects with Neural Refractive-Reflective Fieldscited by 16
  6. 2025TransparentGS: Fast Inverse Rendering of Transparent Objects with Gaussianscited by 16
  7. 2023NEMTO: Neural Environment Matting for Novel View and Relighting Synthesis of Transparent Objectscited by 14
  8. 2023OmnimatteRF: Robust Omnimatte with 3D Background Modelingcited by 14
  9. 2024Generative Multiview Relighting for 3D Reconstruction under Extreme Illumination Variationcited by 13
  10. 2023SpectralNeRF: Physically Based Spectral Rendering with Neural Radiance Fieldcited by 12
  11. 2022Plateau-reduced Differentiable Path Tracingcited by 10
  12. 2023NeTO:Neural Reconstruction of Transparent Objects with Self-Occlusion Aware Refraction-Tracingcited by 9
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  1. 2024NeISF++: Neural Incident Stokes Field for Polarized Inverse Rendering of Conductors and Dielectricscited by 9
  2. 2023Single View Refractive Index Tomography with Neural Fieldscited by 8
  3. 2024Flying with Photons: Rendering Novel Views of Propagating Lightcited by 7
  4. 2022Sampling Neural Radiance Fields for Refractive Objectscited by 6
  5. 2023MS-NeRF: Multi-Space Neural Radiance Fieldscited by 5
  6. 2023SeamlessNeRF: Stitching Part NeRFs with Gradient Propagationcited by 4
  7. 2024NeuroPump: Simultaneous Geometric and Color Rectification for Underwater Imagescited by 4
  8. 2023Inferring Fluid Dynamics via Inverse Renderingcited by 3
  9. 2024PIR: Photometric Inverse Rendering with Shading Cues Modeling and Surface Reflectance Regularizationcited by 2
  10. 2024Surf-NeRF: Surface Regularised Neural Radiance Fieldscited by 2
  11. 2026RT-Splatting: Joint Reflection-Transmission Modeling with Gaussian Splattingcited by 2
  12. 2023Neural Radiance Fields for Transparent Object Using Visual Hullcited by 1
  13. 2025RefRef: A Dataset and Benchmark for Reconstructing Refractive and Reflective Objectscited by 1
  14. 2024Through the Curved Cover: Synthesizing Cover Aberrated Scenes with Refractive Fieldcited by 0
  15. 2026DiffTrans: Differentiable Geometry-Materials Decomposition for Reconstructing Transparent Objectscited by 0
  16. 2026RefracGS: Novel View Synthesis Through Refractive Water Surfaces with 3D Gaussian Ray Tracingcited by 0
  17. 2026GLINT: Modeling Scene-Scale Transparency via Gaussian Radiance Transportcited by 0
  18. 2026Light Field Primitive for Novel View Synthesiscited by 0