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The Science of Ray Tracing

by Dhruv Dhote, Charu Virmani, K. Gopi Krishna, Shivansh Raghav
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 176 - Number 42
Year of Publication: 2020
Authors: Dhruv Dhote, Charu Virmani, K. Gopi Krishna, Shivansh Raghav
10.5120/ijca2020920443

Dhruv Dhote, Charu Virmani, K. Gopi Krishna, Shivansh Raghav . The Science of Ray Tracing. International Journal of Computer Applications. 176, 42 ( Jul 2020), 15-20. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920443

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2020920443,
author = { Dhruv Dhote, Charu Virmani, K. Gopi Krishna, Shivansh Raghav },
title = { The Science of Ray Tracing },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jul 2020 },
volume = { 176 },
number = { 42 },
month = { Jul },
year = { 2020 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 15-20 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume176/number42/31482-2020920443/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2020920443 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Shivansh Raghav
%T The Science of Ray Tracing
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 176
%N 42
%P 15-20
%D 2020
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The holy grail of rendering light and shadow in a scene by simulating and tracking every ray of light to blend in CG work with real-life scenes. It is the upcoming technology behind computer graphics for films and games to produce incredible realistic scenes in the computer generated world. The developers should utilize simulation for the precise prediction of the illuminance of the graphics to be used in films or games. This study digs the techniques and algorithms known for ray tracing and analyses the results Radiance and Lightscape 3.2 for a practical designed technique.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Raytracing