UniVoxel: Fast Inverse Rendering by Unified Voxelization of Scene Representation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19542v1
• Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:24:14 GMT
• Title: UniVoxel: Fast Inverse Rendering by Unified Voxelization of Scene Representation
• Authors: Shuang Wu, Songlin Tang, Guangming Lu, Jianzhuang Liu, Wenjie Pei,
• Abstract summary: We design a Unified Voxelization framework for explicit learning of scene representations, dubbed UniVoxel. We propose to encode a scene into a latent volumetric representation, based on which the geometry, materials and illumination can be readily learned via lightweight neural networks. Experiments show that UniVoxel boosts the optimization efficiency significantly compared to other methods, reducing the per-scene training time from hours to 18 minutes, while achieving favorable reconstruction quality.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Typical inverse rendering methods focus on learning implicit neural scene representations by modeling the geometry, materials and illumination separately, which entails significant computations for optimization. In this work we design a Unified Voxelization framework for explicit learning of scene representations, dubbed UniVoxel, which allows for efficient modeling of the geometry, materials and illumination jointly, thereby accelerating the inverse rendering significantly. To be specific, we propose to encode a scene into a latent volumetric representation, based on which the geometry, materials and illumination can be readily learned via lightweight neural networks in a unified manner. Particularly, an essential design of UniVoxel is that we leverage local Spherical Gaussians to represent the incident light radiance, which enables the seamless integration of modeling illumination into the unified voxelization framework. Such novel design enables our UniVoxel to model the joint effects of direct lighting, indirect lighting and light visibility efficiently without expensive multi-bounce ray tracing. Extensive experiments on multiple benchmarks covering diverse scenes demonstrate that UniVoxel boosts the optimization efficiency significantly compared to other methods, reducing the per-scene training time from hours to 18 minutes, while achieving favorable reconstruction quality. Code is available at https://github.com/freemantom/UniVoxel.

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