A Prototype Ray Tracer.

Abstract

The ability to make computer images more realistic is becoming more important as the hardware for producing such images is becoming less expensive and hence more available. The key to producing realistic images lies in the algorithms that can take full advantage of the hardware to produce them. In this study, we look at a prototype of one ray tracer. Ray tracing, in combination with a global illumination model, currently provides the most realistic images that can be generated on general purpose computing hardware. The prototype was successfully implemented on an ibm at clone. (Thesis)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184863

Entities

People

  • Paul G. Smith

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffuse Reflection
  • Equations
  • Graphics
  • Illumination
  • Light Sources
  • Models
  • Prototypes
  • Ray Tracing
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Specular Reflection
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers