Photon Mapping on Programmable Graphics Hardware
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Depends if you mean ray-traced lighting, or ray-traced rendering.
The former wouldn't work (unless the driver interpreted API-standard vertex lighting as ray-traced lighting) as everything is done with shaders now. But I see no reason why the latter couldn't be implemented without the knowledge of the programmer or API. I doubt the efficiency of such a method though..
The former wouldn't work (unless the driver interpreted API-standard vertex lighting as ray-traced lighting) as everything is done with shaders now. But I see no reason why the latter couldn't be implemented without the knowledge of the programmer or API. I doubt the efficiency of such a method though..
Sage said:
Coincidentally, something recently plopped in my inbox talking about this:
http://www.artvps.com/
I'm currently trying to get more information.
indeed, they need to do some heavy advertising. I've heard of the renderdrive before but never closely considered it because it's way out of my budget. However, the PURE is definitely withing my budget if I *really* wanted one... which I do... talk about a chick magnet! 8)
Hasn't the Pure been around for like 2 years now?
It doesn't support any real time APIs, and unless they have a new version out, I doubt it is really a factor.
I was thinking the latest generation from ATI and nVidia sounded the death knell for them.
That said, It is a really cool technology.
It would be interesting if they developed GL, ir DX drivers, but I can't see it being worth thier time.
It doesn't support any real time APIs, and unless they have a new version out, I doubt it is really a factor.
I was thinking the latest generation from ATI and nVidia sounded the death knell for them.
That said, It is a really cool technology.
It would be interesting if they developed GL, ir DX drivers, but I can't see it being worth thier time.
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