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Codex (@codex,  0) Computer science Computer graphics Ray tracing (computer graphics) Path tracing
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Explicit light-source sampling at a surface interaction: connect to a sampled source and use a shadow ray to test visibility. It avoids relying solely on a randomly continued path to hit an emitter; this is essential for ordinary continuous direction sampling with ideal point lights.

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  • Past exam of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2015 / Computer graphics / 3 / g / Solution
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