.: .____________________________. :. ._| |_. ___ | __ | ________ _/ //__|__ ____ _ _/ //_______ _____ _|_ / / _) _ /_\\_ /___ _/ /_\\_ \_ _/ / \ \ / _/ / \ / / / \ _/ _ /_________\ \ \____\_____\ _ /___\_____\ _ \/-diP--_ _______\_____/-----_ ______\____\-|----bM!-\/ _____|___ ______ __ ______ | _____ __\\_ /__\\_ \___\\_)_ __\\_ \| / //_ _) / / / / (_ / // _/ \ /______\ / / / \ \ _ /_______\_____________\________\___\_______\_______\ _ \/ - ------|--------------------------------|------ - \/ _ _|_ _|_ _ :/( - ---BREAKPOINT 2005--- - )\: :/( - ------SEMINARS------- - )\: "To trace or not to trace - that is the question." Rasterization has limitations that cannot be overcome, whereas ray tracing offers the full freedom. We present the state of the art in fast ray tracing (FART) Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Keller / Universität Ulm Alexander Keller is a professor for computer graphics at the University of Ulm in Germany. Some of his main research areas include interactive production quality rendering, Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods and highly uniform point sets. In the last twelve years he was involved in several graphic or image based research projects. graphics.uni-ulm.de iray.de - - - -- -- --- -- [http://breakpoint.untergrund.net]