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Brian Karis (Epic Games)

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Side-by-side reference of Cook-Torrance microfacet BRDF terms (NDF, Fresnel, geometry shadowing) using consistent notation and UE4 roughness. Created while building UE4's physically based shading model. Includes optimized HLSL forms and links to primary literature.