ANALYSIS OF AN ALGORITHM FOR FAST RAY TRACING USING UNIFORM SPACE SUBDIVISION

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dc.contributor.authorCleary, John G.eng
dc.contributor.authorWyvill, Geoffeng
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-27T16:57:07Z
dc.date.available2008-02-27T16:57:07Z
dc.date.computerscience1999-05-27eng
dc.date.issued1987-10-01eng
dc.description.abstractRay tracing is becoming popular as the best method of rendering high quality images from three dimensional models. Unfortunately, the computational cost is high. Recently, a number of authors have reported on ways to speed up this process by means of space subdivision which is used to minimize the number of intersection calculations. We describe such an algorithm together with an analysis of the factors which affect its performance. The critical operation of skipping an empty space subdivision can be done very quickly, using only integer addition and comparison. A theoretical analysis of the algorithm is developed. It shows how the space and time requirements vary with the number of objects in the scene.eng
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dc.identifier.department1987-282-30eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30530
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/45828
dc.language.isoEngeng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyScienceeng
dc.subjectComputer Scienceeng
dc.titleANALYSIS OF AN ALGORITHM FOR FAST RAY TRACING USING UNIFORM SPACE SUBDIVISIONeng
dc.typeunknown
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceeng
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