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Lecture 10: Ray Tracing - Acceleration (39)
yinxudeng

In the case where tmin < tsplit < tmax, how do we decide whether we traverse L or R first? Do we use the direction d to figure that out?

WilliamLiuAtCPC

I think, as the ray is moving right in this case, we can traverse L first. Because, if there is an intersection in L, we won't have to traverse R because of occlusion. But it depends on the application, sometimes we still need to traverse R regardless of occlusions.

greeknerd1

Is there a general rule for when the ray hits an object in terms of t_split and t_max?

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