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Unbiased VNDF Sampling for Backfacing Shading Normals
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DescriptionWe present a corrected normalization factor for a visible normal distribution function (VNDF) to avoid the bias of VNDF importance sampling at a backfacing shading normal. Our correction is easy to implement and has a negligible impact on performance for the Smith microsurface model.