We introduce a differentiable rasterizer that bridges the vector graphics and raster image
domains, enabling powerful raster-based loss functions, optimization procedures, and …

Ray tracing is an inherent part of photorealistic image synthesis algorithms. The problem of
ray tracing is to find the nearest intersection with a given ray and scene. Although this …

We describe Embree, an open source ray tracing framework for x86 CPUs. Embree is
explicitly designed to achieve high performance in professional rendering environments in …

Ray tracing has long been considered as the next-generation technology for graphics
rendering. Recently, there has been strong momentum to adopt ray tracing--based …

The NVIDIA® OptiX™ ray tracing engine is a programmable system designed for NVIDIA
GPUs and other highly parallel architectures. The OptiX engine builds on the key …

We present HIPRT, an open-source ray tracing framework in HIP. HIPRT provides a
versatile, cross-platform solution for professional rendering on contemporary many-core …

We describe the design of high-performance parallel radix sort and merge sort routines for
manycore GPUs, taking advantage of the full programmability offered by CUDA. Our radix …

Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) radiative transfer simulations are critical for studying the
radiometric properties of canopies. Efficient and easy-to-use 3D radiative transfer models …

A number of methods for constructing bounding volume hierarchies and point-based octrees
on the GPU are based on the idea of ordering primitives along a space-filling curve. A major …

Large deformation near surface excavations and openings has been frequently simulated in
geotechnical problems. Mesh-based approaches for large-scale simulation have long been …