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Lib PBR Aniso - Shader API
lib-pbr-aniso.glsl
Public Functions: normal_distrib G1 visibility cook_torrance_contrib importanceSampleGGX probabilityGGX pbrComputeSpecularAnisotropic
Import from library
import lib-pbr.glsl
BRDF related functions
float normal_distrib(
vec3 localH,
vec2 alpha)
{
localH.xy /= alpha;
float tmp = dot(localH, localH);
return 1.0 / (M_PI * alpha.x * alpha.y * tmp * tmp);
}
float G1(
vec3 localW,
vec2 alpha)
{
// One generic factor of the geometry function divided by ndw
localW.xy *= alpha;
return 2.0 / (localW.z + length(localW));
}
float visibility(
vec3 localL,
vec3 localV,
vec2 alpha)
{
// visibility is a Cook-Torrance geometry function divided by (n.l)*(n.v)
return G1(localL, alpha) * G1(localV, alpha);
}
vec3 cook_torrance_contrib(
float vdh,
float ndh,
vec3 localL,
vec3 localE,
vec3 Ks,
vec2 alpha)
{
// This is the contribution when using importance sampling with the GGX based
// sample distribution. This means ct_contrib = ct_brdf / ggx_probability
return fresnel(vdh, Ks) * (visibility(localL, localE, alpha) * vdh * localL.z / ndh);
}
vec3 importanceSampleGGX(vec2 Xi, vec2 alpha)
{
float phi = 2.0 * M_PI * Xi.x;
vec2 slope = sqrt(Xi.y / (1.0 - Xi.y)) * alpha * vec2(cos(phi), sin(phi));
return normalize(vec3(slope, 1.0));
}
float probabilityGGX(vec3 localH, float vdh, vec2 alpha)
{
return normal_distrib(localH, alpha) * localH.z / (4.0 * vdh);
}
vec3 pbrComputeSpecularAnisotropic(LocalVectors vectors, vec3 specColor, vec2 roughness)
{
vec3 radiance = vec3(0.0);
vec2 alpha = roughness * roughness;
mat3 TBN = mat3(vectors.tangent, vectors.bitangent, vectors.normal);
vec3 localE = vectors.eye * TBN;
for(int i=0; i<nbSamples; ++i)
{
vec2 Xi = fibonacci2DDitheredTemporal(i, nbSamples);
vec3 localH = importanceSampleGGX(Xi, alpha);
vec3 localL = reflect(-localE, localH);
if (localL.z > 0.0)
{
vec3 Ln = TBN * localL;
float vdh = max(1e-8, dot(localE, localH));
float fade = horizonFading(dot(vectors.vertexNormal, Ln), horizonFade);
float pdf = probabilityGGX(localH, vdh, alpha);
float lodS = max(roughness.x, roughness.y) < 0.01 ? 0.0 : computeLOD(Ln, pdf);
// Offset lodS to trade bias for more noise
lodS -= 1.0;
vec3 preconvolvedSample = envSampleLOD(Ln, lodS);
radiance +=
fade * cook_torrance_contrib(vdh, localH.z, localL, localE, specColor, alpha) *
preconvolvedSample;
}
}
return radiance / float(nbSamples);
}