Dieter

@dieter-debaets.bsky.social

Senior Rendering Engineer WetaFx Prev Unity, Graphine, Buas

New blog post! "Measuring acceleration structures", in which we will compare BVH costs on various GPU architectures and drivers and attempt to understand the details enough on AMD hardware to make sense of the numbers! Reposts appreciated :) zeux.io/2025/03/31/m...

Measuring acceleration structures

Hardware accelerated raytracing, as supported by DirectX 12 and Vulkan, relies on an abstract data structure that stores scene geometry, known as “acceleration structure” and often referred to as “BVH...

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We just posted a recording of the presentation I gave at DigiPro last year on Hyperion's many-lights sampling system. It's on the long side (30 min) but hopefully interesting if you like light transport! Check it out on Disney Animation's website: www.disneyanimation.com/publications...

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