New Engine Update

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Here are some early results with a new engine that automatically incorporates caustics into the calculation.  Each of these ran for about 10 minutes on the 12-core machine.

This one show sunlight bouncing off of a faceted mirror ball and creating caustics on the walls and floor.  With this engine, all of the direct lighting which enters the space through glass is considered a caustic-- so the patches of direct sunlight on the floor are also caustics. The direct skylight striking the table is also a caustic.

Marc Chaumier's model-- swimming pool caustics resolve quickly and automatically.  Light on the pool sides is correct.  Indirect lighting under the arcade is smooth.

[Jorge Javier Lara Domínguez]

Se ven bien, para cuando podremos probar esto nosotros? Saludos

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Soon.

[Peter Milner]

Couple of questions:

Is the new engine faster than the Path tracer?

If you set the window glass ior to 1.0 or remove the glass, would the render run faster?

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Hard to say-- scene dependent.  Here's an equal time comparison for one of yours-- ~10 minutes, daylighting only.

[pun1407]

There is a good news for render man of AR

[Marc Chaumier]

Caustics are really convincing, soft shadow to... You say it resolve automatically... Does it seems that the caustic button will disappear?

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Yes.  Caustics become a necessary part of daylit interiors.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Working on lights.  After about ten minutes:

Overnight:

[Jorge Javier Lara Domínguez]

Muy buenos resultados Roy. Ya quisieramos probar! Saludos