We propose a new method for performing bidirectional path tracing on the GPU in the presence of complex materials. Our method employs a sort based material evaluation scheme that enables faster rendering and also an improved connection scheme that results in better quality results for a variety of test scenes.

Presenter(s)

Srinath Ravichandran, International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad
P J Narayanan, International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad