CS 6620 - Fall 2017 - Ray Tracing for Graphics

Project 11 - Monte Carlo GI

Kevin Parker

Final results

Cornell

I rendered this with adaptive 12->256 samples + 32 samples Monte Carlo GI (up to 3 bounces). Render time was 1709 seconds (28.5 minutes) for a relatively non-grainy result.

Teapot

I rendered this with adaptive 12->256 samples + 32 samples Monte Carlo GI (up to 3 bounces). Render time was 295.922 seconds (almost 5 minutes) for a somewhat grainy result.

Intermediate results

Before:

Plane not working (due to bug with perfectly vertical normals):

Machine Specs

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)

2.7 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 Skylake (6820HQ)

16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 RAM