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More than anything, this is probably key: ...But maybe raytracing will eventually have its day.Contrary to some popular beliefs, most of the rendering work is not done to be “realistic”, but to be artistic or stylish.
Well, it's the common algorithm used by a bunch of different rendering plugins for professional 3d design: V-Ray, RenderMan, MentalRay to name a few. That day would be many, many years ago. Note that those are used for both realistic and non-realistic rendering as ray-tracers tend to give much more control over the lighting parameters than the default renderers in most packages.
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sphericalvoxel · 4319 days ago · link ·
Context, man! The post is about real-time raytracing, not professional 3D design.