Revisiting Phong's Illumination Model


Problems with Empircal Models:
  • What are the coefficients for copper?
  • What are ka, ks, and nshiney?
    Are they measurable quanities?
  • How does the incoming light at a point relate to the outgoing light?
    Is energy conserved?
  • Just what is light intensity?
  • Is my picture accurate?
Lecture 17   Slide 2   6.837 Fall '00