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ray tracing
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rendering algorithm that works by sending out many virtual rays of light
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- global illumination
- Part of
- computer graphics
- Has use
- 3D computer graphics
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- Commons category
- Ray tracing
- Stack Exchange tag
- computergraphics.stackexchange.com/tags/raytracing
- topic's main category
- Category:Ray tracing (graphics)
- different from
- Nvidia RTX
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10010374
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Encyclopedic overview
This recursive ray tracing of reflective colored spheres on a white surface demonstrates the effects of shallow depth of field, "area" light sources, and diffuse interreflection.
In 3D computer graphics, ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital images.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ray tracing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.