Weekly Report #2 (6/20 - 6/26):
This week, I added initial support for emissive triangles, distant lights, and background lights. Unfortunately, due to the fact that we ended up changing the sampling strategy, I wasn’t able to test this as thoroughly as I would’ve liked. Given that there haven’t been many tests for either triangles or background lights, I may have to revert some of the changes I made to test each feature individually.
I also started reading up on light sampling from volumes, but I haven’t made too much progress on that end yet. This is also going to be continued, but the other features take priority.
Objective for Week #3:
I’d like to complete the following for next week:
- Test and debug support for both emissive triangles and distant lights
- Some changes may have to be reverted and then gradually pushed again (depending on how well the features work)
- Continue reading on light sampling from participating media from PBRT