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Evolution of Ray Tracing: From Early Beginnings to Modern Techniques

Explore the rich history of ray tracing from its inception in 1979 by Turner Whitted to modern advancements like bi-directional ray tracing. Discover key milestones in film, computer graphics, and free software development.

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Evolution of Ray Tracing: From Early Beginnings to Modern Techniques

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  1. History of Ray Tracing R. HoetzleinDepartment of Architecture and Media TechnologyAalborg University

  2. Early History 1979 Turner Whitted, before raytracing

  3. 1980 Turner Whitted, “An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display”

  4. 1986 James Arvo. Backtracing. Bi-direction ray tracing for caustics.

  5. 1984 Porter Thomas. With Robert Cook. “Distributed Ray Tracing”

  6. 1984 Porter Thomas – compared to modern renderings

  7. 1984 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

  8. 1987 Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

  9. 1986 Eric Haines. Ray tracing with Light Buffers.

  10. Eric Haines. Cornell Program of Computer Graphics

  11. James Arvo. Cover for Communicaitons of the ACM

  12. 1990 Cornell Theory Center. Modeled from blue prints. Some of the first large scenes.

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

  14. 1989 The Abyss

  15. 1991 Terminator 2. James Cameron

  16. 1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Screwdrivers”

  17. 1994 Free software, POV-Ray. “Brenkku”

  18. 1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing

  19. 1996 Matt Phar. Displacement Mapped Ray Tracing

  20. 1997 Matt Phar. Memory and Ray Tracing

  21. 1991 Cornell. Dinning Car.

  22. 1986 Eric Haines. Kitchen scene.

  23. The Modern Era 2004 James Vives Piqueres. The Kitchen.

  24. 2011 Mike Kunde, Kitchen

  25. 2011 Grayson / Castleview, Kitchen.

  26. 2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben.

  27. 1633 Pieter Claesz, Still Life

  28. 2010 Kornel Ravadits, Homage to Pieter Claesz.

  29. 2010 Hao Aiqiang, Stilleben II.

  30. 2010 Hao Aiqiang, 1981

  31. 2000 Gilles Tran, Cool Cows.

  32. 2001 Gilles Tran, Mouille.

  33. 2005 James Piqueres, Chistmas Baubble.

  34. 2002 Christoph Hormann, Marbles

  35. 2008 Tim Babb, Recursive.

  36. Matt Phar

  37. 2003 Eichenberg, Blob Study

  38. 1943 Yves Tanguy, Multiplication of the Arcs

  39. 2005 Newt, Dissolution

  40. 2004 Coby Basset, SP Striker (LEGO).

  41. Stefan Schulze, White Lion

  42. 2004 Tor Olav Kristensen

  43. 2003 Samuel Benge, Techno Garb

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