<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A novel approach is presented for recording high volume data about ray tracing rendering systems' runtime state and its subsequent dynamic analysis and interactive visualization in the algorithm computational domain. Our framework extracts light paths traced by the system and leverages on a powerful filtering subsystem, helping interactive visualization and exploration of the desired subset of recorded data. We introduce a versatile data logging format and acceleration structures for easy access and filtering. We have implemented a plugin based framework and a tool set that realize all ideas presented in this paper. The framework provides data logging API for instrumenting production-ready, multithreaded, distributed renderers. The framework visualization tool enables deeper understanding of the ray tracing algorithms for novices, as well as for experts.</p></abstract>

A novel approach is presented for recording high volume data about ray tracing rendering systems' runtime state and its subsequent dynamic analysis and interactive visualization in the algorithm computational domain. Our framework extracts light paths traced by the system and leverages on a powerful filtering subsystem, helping interactive visualization and exploration of the desired subset of recorded data. We introduce a versatile data logging format and acceleration structures for easy access and filtering. We have implemented a plugin based framework and a tool set that realize all ideas presented in this paper. The framework provides data logging API for instrumenting production-ready, multithreaded, distributed renderers. The framework visualization tool enables deeper understanding of the ray tracing algorithms for novices, as well as for experts.

A Framework for Visual Dynamic Analysis of Ray Tracing Algorithms

Plovdiv University “PaisiiHilendarski”, 4000 Plovdiv

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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A novel approach is presented for recording high volume data about ray tracing rendering systems' runtime state and its subsequent dynamic analysis and...

A Framework for Visual Dynamic Analysis of Ray Tracing Algorithms

Published Online: Jul 15, 2014

Page range: 38 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2014-0018

Keywords
Visual, dynamic, analyzer, ray tracing, debugging

© 2014 Hristo Lesev and Alexander Penev

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Framework for Visual Dynamic Analysis of Ray Tracing Algorithms

Published Online: Jul 15, 2014

Page range: 38 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2014-0018

KeywordsVisual, dynamic, analyzer, ray tracing, debugging

© 2014 Hristo Lesev and Alexander Penev

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Visual, dynamic, analyzer, ray tracing, debugging