Ray-marching Thurston geometries

DOI10.1080/10586458.2022.2030262MaRDI QIDQ6352587arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Rémi B. Coulon, Elisabetta A. Matsumoto, Henry Segerman, Steve J. Trettel

Publication date 29 October 2020

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/10586458.2022.2030262

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Non-Euclidean differential geometry (53A35) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Quotient spaces, decompositions in general topology (54B15) Quantum algorithms and complexity in the theory of computing (68Q12) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Quantum computation (81P68) Quantum optics (81V80)

arXiv classification

cs.GRmath.DGmath.GT

Abstract: We describe algorithms that produce accurate real-time interactive in-space views of the eight Thurston geometries using ray-marching. We give a theoretical framework for our algorithms, independent of the geometry involved. In addition to scenes within a geometry $X$, we also consider scenes within quotient manifolds and orbifolds $X/Gamma$. We adapt the Phong lighting model to non-euclidean geometries. The most difficult part of this is the calculation of light intensity, which relates to the area density of geodesic spheres. We also give extensive practical details for each geometry.

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