Real Time Highly Realistic Computer Graphics

该提案旨在为Direct-Track算法及其库提供资金，以允许将光线跟踪用于实时3D计算机应用。光线追踪是一种可以提供更逼真3D效果的技术，这项拨款将为这项新技术及其扩展提供概念验证，此前EPSRC拨款和一项关于该技术的专利申请支持了这项研究。之前的资金已经帮助发现了更快的光线跟踪技术，目标是将这些技术移植到更快的平台(即图形卡)来加速它。这将允许在实时动态应用程序中使用光线跟踪，例如3D游戏、电影业或物理模拟。光线跟踪的第一次持续实时实施是一个很好的机会，因为光线跟踪可以为3D图形和游戏提供更高的真实感。

This proposal aims to fund the Direct-Trace algorithms and their library to allow using Ray-Tracing for Real-Time 3D computer applications. Ray-Tracing is a technique that can provide more realistic 3D effects, and the grant will provide a proof-of-concept for the new technique and its extensions, following research supported by a previous EPSRC grant and a patent filed on the technology. Prior funding has helped discovering much faster techniques for Ray-Tracing and the objective is to port these techniques to a much faster platform (i.e., a Graphics card) to speed it up. This will allow for use of Ray-Tracing in real-time dynamic applications such as 3D games, the movie industry, or Physics simulations. There is a great opportunity for the first sustained real-time implementation of Ray-Tracing, as Ray-Tracing can provide much higher realism for 3D Graphics and games in particular.