BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:18871231T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250110T023313Z LOCATION:Hall B5 (2)\, B Block\, Level 5 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241206T095800 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241206T100900 UID:siggraphasia_SIGGRAPH Asia 2024_sess140_papers_223@linklings.com SUMMARY:A Simple Approach to Differentiable Rendering of SDFs DESCRIPTION:Technical Papers\n\nZichen Wang and Xi Deng (Cornell Universit y), Ziyi Zhang and Wenzel Jakob (EPFL), and Steve Marschner (Cornell Unive rsity)\n\nWe present a simple algorithm for differentiable rendering of su rfaces represented by Signed Distance Fields (SDF), which makes it easy to integrate rendering into gradient-based optimization pipelines. To tackle visibility-related derivatives that make rendering non-differentiable, ex isting physically based differentiable rendering methods often rely on ela borate guiding data structures or reparameterization with a global impact on variance. In this article, we investigate an alternative that embraces nonzero bias in exchange for low variance and architectural simplicity. Ou r method expands the lower-dimensional boundary integral into a thin band that is easy to sample when the underlying surface is represented by an SD F. We demonstrate the performance and robustness of our formulation in end -to-end inverse rendering tasks, where it obtains results that are competi tive with or superior to existing work.\n\nRegistration Category: Full Acc ess, Full Access Supporter\n\nLanguage Format: English Language\n\nSession Chair: Seungyong Lee (POSTECH) URL:https://asia.siggraph.org/2024/program/?id=papers_223&sess=sess140 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR