Ray tracing has long been a method of choice for off‐line rendering, but traditionally was too
slow for interactive use. With faster hardware and algorithmic improvements this has recently …

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 …

the present invention relates generally to methods and systems for image rendering in and
by digital computing systems, such as computer graphics methods and systems for motion …

We present a highly parallel, linearly scalable technique of kd‐tree construction for ray
tracing of dynamic geometry. We use conventional kd‐tree compatible with the high …

A software tool is presented for interactive segmentation of volumetric medical data sets. To
allow interactive processing of large data sets, segmentation operations, and rendering are …

We present an efficient approach for interactive ray tracing of deformable or animated
models. Unlike many of the recent approaches for ray tracing static scenes, we use …

Construction of effective acceleration structures for ray tracing is a well studied problem. The
highest quality acceleration structures are generally agreed to be those built using greedy …

(51) Int. Cl.(57) ABSTRACT G06T I7/00(2006.01) G06T IS/00(2006.01) Embodiments of the
invention provide methods and appara G06T IS/40(2006.01) tus to improve the efficiency of …

We present RayCore, a mobile ray-tracing hardware architecture. RayCore facilitates high-
quality rendering effects, such as reflection, refraction, and shadows, on mobile devices by …

A major reason for the recent advancements in ray tracing performance is the use of
optimized acceleration structures, namely kd-trees based on the surface area heuristic …