We propose new approaches to ray tracing that greatly reduce the required number of
operations while strictly preserving the geometrical correctness of the solution. A …

This survey reviews algorithms that can render specular, ie mirror reflections, refractions,
and caustics on the GPU. We establish a taxonomy of methods based on the three main …

A Monte Carlo code for the calculation of light transport in heterogeneous scattering media
is presented together with its validation. Triangle meshes are used to define the interfaces …

In this paper we address the problem of fast construction of spatial hierarchies for ray tracing
with applications in animated environments including non-rigid animations. We discuss the …

To solve the scattering of targets moving on the sea, based on the volume equivalent
shooting and bouncing ray (VESBR) method, a method named dynamic VESBR (DVESBR) …

We present an efficient algorithm for solving the ray-shooting problem on high dimensional
sets. Our algorithm computes the intersection of the boundary of a compact convex set with a …

In this paper we present a new efficient approach for radiative heat transfer simulations for
various applications in engineering, combining existing approaches from different fields of …

Owing to its advantage in fast calculation, ray-tracing technique has been widely applied in
solving electromagnetic scattering of electrically large target. In order to save computational …

This book presents techniques to render photo-realistic images by programming the
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). We discuss effects such as mirror reflections, refractions …

Ray shooting is a well-studied problem in computer graphics and also has applications in
robotics such as collision detection and contact force optimization. Unfortunately, most ray …