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History of Ray Tracing R. Hoetzlein Department of Architecture and Media Technology Aalborg University

History of Ray Tracing R. Hoetzlein Department of Architecture and Media Technology Aalborg University

Early History 1979 Turner Whitted, before raytracing

Early History 1979 Turner Whitted, before raytracing

1980 Turner Whitted, “An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display”

1980 Turner Whitted, “An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display”

1986 James Arvo. Backtracing. Bi-direction ray tracing for caustics.

1986 James Arvo. Backtracing. Bi-direction ray tracing for caustics.

1984 Porter Thomas. With Robert Cook. “Distributed Ray Tracing”

1984 Porter Thomas. With Robert Cook. “Distributed Ray Tracing”

1984 Porter Thomas – compared to modern renderings

1984 Porter Thomas – compared to modern renderings

1984 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

1984 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

1987 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

1987 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

1986 Eric Haines. Ray tracing with Light Buffers.

1986 Eric Haines. Ray tracing with Light Buffers.

1988 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

1988 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

1988 James Arvo. Cover for Communicaitons of the ACM

1988 James Arvo. Cover for Communicaitons of the ACM

1990 Cornell Theory Center. Modeled from blue prints. Some of the first large scenes.

1990 Cornell Theory Center. Modeled from blue prints. Some of the first large scenes.

Raytracing in Film 1985 Gary Demos. Ray tracing in film. The Last Starfighter. Warner

Raytracing in Film 1985 Gary Demos. Ray tracing in film. The Last Starfighter. Warner Bros. Cray X-MP Supercomputer, 27 mins

1989 The Abyss

1989 The Abyss

1991 Terminator 2. James Cameron

1991 Terminator 2. James Cameron

1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Screwdrivers”

1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Screwdrivers”

1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Brenkku”

1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Brenkku”

1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing

1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing

1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing

1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing

1997 Matt Phar. Memory and Ray Tracing

1997 Matt Phar. Memory and Ray Tracing

1991 Cornell. Dinning Car.

1991 Cornell. Dinning Car.

1986 Eric Haines. Kitchen scene.

1986 Eric Haines. Kitchen scene.

2004 James Vives Piqueres. The Kitchen. The Modern Era

2004 James Vives Piqueres. The Kitchen. The Modern Era

2011 Mike Kunde, Kitchen

2011 Mike Kunde, Kitchen

2011 Grayson / Castleview, Kitchen.

2011 Grayson / Castleview, Kitchen.

2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben.

2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben.

1633 Pieter Claesz, Still Life

1633 Pieter Claesz, Still Life

2010 Kornel Ravadits, Homage to Pieter Claesz.

2010 Kornel Ravadits, Homage to Pieter Claesz.

2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben II.

2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben II.

2010 Hao Aiqiang, 1981

2010 Hao Aiqiang, 1981

2000 Gilles Tran, Cool Cows.

2000 Gilles Tran, Cool Cows.

2001 Gilles Tran, Mouille.

2001 Gilles Tran, Mouille.

2005 James Piqueres, Chistmas Baubble.

2005 James Piqueres, Chistmas Baubble.

2002 Christoph Hormann, Marbles

2002 Christoph Hormann, Marbles

2008 Tim Babb, Recursive.

2008 Tim Babb, Recursive.

Matt Phar

Matt Phar

2003 Eichenberg, Blob Study

2003 Eichenberg, Blob Study

1943 Yves Tanguy, Multiplication of the Arcs

1943 Yves Tanguy, Multiplication of the Arcs

2005 Newt, Dissolution

2005 Newt, Dissolution

2004 Coby Basset, SP Striker (LEGO).

2004 Coby Basset, SP Striker (LEGO).

Stefan Schulze, White Lion

Stefan Schulze, White Lion

2004 Tor Olav Kristensen

2004 Tor Olav Kristensen

2003 Samuel Benge, Techno Garb

2003 Samuel Benge, Techno Garb