Updated Course Notes

PART I: FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction to Ray Tracing

Philipp Slusallek, Saarland University

The Basic Algorithms

Philipp Slusallek, Saarland University

PART II: ACHIEVING REAL-TIME

Optimization Techniques

Gordon Stoll, Intel Corp

Parallelization & Distributed Processing
- Cluster-based Distributed Ray Tracing

Philipp Slusallek, Saarland University

Parallelization & Distributed Processing
- Ray Tracing on Shared-Memory Architectures

Pete Shirley, University of Utah

Supporting Dynamic Scenes with Animation or Interaction

Ingo Wald, University of Utah

PART III: ADVANCED FEATURES

Volume Rendering with Ray Tracing

Pete Shirley, University of Utah

Rendering of Massive Models

Philipp Slusallek, Saarland University

Hardware Support for Ray Tracing I
- GPU-based Ray Tracing

Tim Foley, Stanford University

Hardware Support for Ray Tracing I
- Remaining Challenges

Bill Mark, University of Texas, Austin

Hardware Support for Ray Tracing II
- Special Purpose Hardware

Philipp Slusallek, Saarland University

PART IV: USING REAL-TIME RAY TRACING

Programming with OpenRT
Writing and Using Real-time Shaders

Ingo Wald, University of Utah

Using the OpenRT System

Ingo Wald, University of Utah

Final Discussion

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