Ray Tracing

Ray tracing is a computational technique that simulates the path of light rays through a 3D scene to generate realistic images, enabling applications across diverse fields. Current research emphasizes accelerating ray tracing using GPUs and specialized hardware like RT cores, particularly for applications in robotics (collision detection, navigation), computer vision (scene reconstruction, object tracking), and wireless communication (channel modeling). This focus on efficiency and integration with other algorithms, such as neural networks and machine learning, is driving advancements in areas like neural radiance fields and digital twinning, leading to more accurate and computationally feasible simulations of complex real-world scenarios.