In which we explore ray tracing, the reason modern CGI can look so convincing, and ReSTIR, a recent technique that allows images (and particularly animations) to be rendered hundreds of times faster. RIS Paper: https://diglib.eg.org/bitstream/handle/10.2312/EGWR.EGSR05.139-146/139-146.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y RIS Thesis: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1662&context=etd Original ReSTIR Paper: https://cdn.pharr.org/ReSTIR.pdf ReSTIR for Global Illumination Paper: https://d1qx31qr3h6wln.cloudfront.net/publications/ReSTIR%20GI.pdf Music: Dreamwalking by | e s c p | Cyber Crime Story by | e s c p | Downtown Walk by | e s c p | I Miss You Southern Winds by | e s c p | Kyoto by | e s c p | Mystventure by | e s c p | Kinetics by | e s c p | Rain, Book, And Cup Of Tea by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ #some2