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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”.
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History of Ray Tracing R. HoetzleinDepartment of Architecture and Media TechnologyAalborg 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”
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
The Modern Era 2004 James Vives Piqueres. The Kitchen.