Packet-based whitted and distribution ray tracing

Proceedings - Graphics Interface

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 177-184

  Boulos, Solomon ^a   Edwards, Dave ^a   Lacewell, J Dylan ^a   Kniss, Joe ^b   Kautz, Jan ^c   Shirley, Peter ^a   Wald, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTION RAY TRACING; RASTERIZATION; RAY CASTING;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 34547970755     PISSN: 07135424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1268517.1268547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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