| | Authors | GPU usage | Tessellation | Animation technique | Reflection/refraction | Others |
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Tessendorf [25] | Vertex, pixel | No | Spectral | Yes/yes | Fresnel, caustics, Godrays | |
Schneider and Westermann [31] | Vertex | Yes | Fractals (Perlin) | Yes/yes | Fresnel | |
Hinsinger et al. [38] | Vertex buffers | Yes | Parametrical (Gerstner) | Yes/no | Avoid unnecessary animation, fresnel | |
Johanson [30] | Vertex, pixel | Yes | Fractals (Perlin) | Yes/yes | Fresnel, sunlight | |
Mitchell [27] | Vertex, pixel | No | Spectral (FFT) | Yes/no | Interactions with objects, wedge | |
Demers [39] | Vertex, pixel | Yes | Parametrical (Gerstner) | Yes/no | Fresnel, foam, physics | |
Yang et al. [32] | Vertex, pixel | Yes | Fractal (Perlin) | No/no | Shallow water | |
Chiu and Chang [40] | Vertex, pixel | — | Spectral (Tessendorf) | Yes/yes | Fresnel, spray dynamics, depth-dependent water color | |
Fréchot [34] | — | No | Hybrid | No/no | | |
Hu et al. [37] | Vertex, pixel | Yes | Spectral (Tessendorf) | Yes/yes | Fresnel | |
Darles et al. [35] | — | Yes | Hybrid (Tessendorf) | Yes/yes | Fresnel, glare, foam | |
Thürey et al. [22] | — | No | Physical (Navier-Stokes) | Yes/no | Shallow water, foam, interactions with objects, | |
Bruneton et al. [48] | Vertex, pixel geometry | No | Parametrical (Gerstner) | Yes/yes | BRDF, fresnel, wedge | | Our proposal | Vertex, pixel geometry | Yes | Fractals (Perlin) | Yes/no | Fresnel |
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