History of Ray Tracing R Hoetzlein Department of
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History of Ray Tracing R. Hoetzlein Department of Architecture and Media Technology Aalborg University
Early History 1979 Turner Whitted, before raytracing
1980 Turner Whitted, “An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display”
1986 James Arvo. Backtracing. Bi-direction ray tracing for caustics.
1984 Porter Thomas. With Robert Cook. “Distributed Ray Tracing”
1984 Porter Thomas – compared to modern renderings
1984 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics
1987 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics
1986 Eric Haines. Ray tracing with Light Buffers.
1988 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics
1988 James Arvo. Cover for Communicaitons of the ACM
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 Bros. Cray X-MP Supercomputer, 27 mins
1989 The Abyss
1991 Terminator 2. James Cameron
1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Screwdrivers”
1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Brenkku”
1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing
1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing
1997 Matt Phar. Memory and Ray Tracing
1991 Cornell. Dinning Car.
1986 Eric Haines. Kitchen scene.
2004 James Vives Piqueres. The Kitchen. The Modern Era
2011 Mike Kunde, Kitchen
2011 Grayson / Castleview, Kitchen.
2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben.
1633 Pieter Claesz, Still Life
2010 Kornel Ravadits, Homage to Pieter Claesz.
2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben II.
2010 Hao Aiqiang, 1981
2000 Gilles Tran, Cool Cows.
2001 Gilles Tran, Mouille.
2005 James Piqueres, Chistmas Baubble.
2002 Christoph Hormann, Marbles
2008 Tim Babb, Recursive.
Matt Phar
2003 Eichenberg, Blob Study
1943 Yves Tanguy, Multiplication of the Arcs
2005 Newt, Dissolution
2004 Coby Basset, SP Striker (LEGO).
Stefan Schulze, White Lion
2004 Tor Olav Kristensen
2003 Samuel Benge, Techno Garb
