The Vectorization of a Ray-Tracing Algorithm for Improved Execution Speed
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
- Vol. 5 (8), 52-60
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.1985.276214
Abstract
Ray tracing has always been a computational problem. Can it be improved?Keywords
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