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Distributed ray tracing

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Robert L. Cook,

Thomas Porter,

Loren CarpenterAuthors Info & Claims

SIGGRAPH '84: Proceedings of the 11th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

Pages 137 - 145

https://doi.org/10.1145/800031.808590

Published: 01 January 1984 Publication History

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Ray tracing is one of the most elegant techniques in computer graphics. Many phenomena that are difficult or impossible with other techniques are simple with ray tracing, including shadows, reflections, and refracted light. Ray directions, however, have been determined precisely, and this has limited the capabilities of ray tracing. By distributing the directions of the rays according to the analytic function they sample, ray tracing can incorporate fuzzy phenomena. This provides correct and easy solutions to some previously unsolved or partially solved problems, including motion blur, depth of field, penumbras, translucency, and fuzzy reflections. Motion blur and depth of field calculations can be integrated with the visible surface calculations, avoiding the problems found in previous methods.

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1. Computing methodologies
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SIGGRAPH '84: Proceedings of the 11th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques

January 1984

264 pages

ISBN:0897911385

DOI:10.1145/800031

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ISBN:158113052X
DOI:10.1145/280811
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ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Volume 18, Issue 3
July 1984
264 pages
ISSN:0097-8930
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