The Iray Light Transport Simulation and Rendering System
Abstract
While ray tracing has become increasingly common and path tracing is well understood by now, a major challenge lies in crafting an easy-to-use and efficient system implementing these technologies. Following a purely physically-based paradigm while still allowing for artistic workflows, the Iray light transport simulation and rendering system allows for rendering complex scenes by the push of a button and thus makes accurate light transport simulation widely available. In this document we discuss the challenges and implementation choices that follow from our primary design decisions, demonstrating that such a rendering system can be made a practical, scalable, and efficient real-world application that has been adopted by various companies across many fields and is in use by many industry professionals today.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- May 2017
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1705.01263
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1705.01263
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv170501263K
- Keywords:
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- Computer Science - Graphics