topic Visualisation of embree computations in Intel® Embree Ray Tracing Kernels

Visualisation of embree computations

Coolid — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:50:52 GMT

Hi everyone,

I have a question regarding intel embree. I get that it's used for ray tracing, but I'm wondering how I visualise the results. Do I need to use a graphics framework like Vulkan or OpenGL or is there something in the intel embree library that I can use?

All help is welcome! Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Re: Visualisation of embree computations

FlorianR_Intel — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:36:09 GMT

Hi,

Embree does not provide any visualization functionality. What kind of visualization are you talking about? Do you want to visualize Embree's BVH acceleration structure? Usually, the result of raytracing is "visualized" by generating a synthetic image by shooting many rays from a virtual camera into a virtual scene (for example, the Embree tutorials).

Best

Embree Team

Re: Visualisation of embree computations

Coolid — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:08:34 GMT

Hi Florian,

I was looking for a way to visualise how my ray tracing algorithm works. For example casting a few (10) rays into a scene and illustrating how they interact with the objects.

I was thinking about using OpenGL/Vulkan for realising this but I am not sure if there is an easier way.

Kind Regards,