光线追踪:OptiXSDK optixDynamicGeometry

詹令
lealzhan@126.com
2017.9.9

介绍

optixDynamicGeometry compares accel structures for a dynamic scene. A multi level BVH allows faster updates at the cost of slower ray intersections vs. a single level BVH.
— OptixSDK sample: optixDynamicGeometry

本文主要是对OptixSDK的例子optixDynamicGeometry¹做一下分析。 这个例子主要是比较了一下Optix提供的两种主要的加速结构的组织模式
multi-acceleration mode - SeparateAccelsLayout
single-acceleration mode - RebuildLayout

源码分析：

RebuildLayout: single-acceleration mode. slower updates, faster ray intersections.
导入mesh时，直接apply transformation到mesh的原始数据上，将mesh和GeometryInstance一一对应后，直接将GeometryInstance挂在geometryGroup下(top_obj).

         GeometryGroup  -- acceletation structure
                   |   
            /               \
           /                 \
GeometryInstance     GeometryInstance

mesh0-transformed   mesh1-transformed

SeparateAccelsLayout: multi-acceleration mode. faster updates, slower ray intersections.
导入mesh，不作用transformation，而是将其和GeometryInstance一一对应，将GeometryInstance挂载在GeometryGroup下， 再将GeometryGroup挂载在Transform节点下，将Transform节点挂载在Group下(top_obj).

           Group  -- acceletation structure   
            |   
          /   \   
        /      \
Transform       Transform    
     |              |    
GeometryGroup    GeometryGroup      -- acceletation structure for each geometry group
    |               |
GeometryInstance  GeometryInstance 

mesh0              mesh1   

结果测试：

A: ray trace when changing camera:（加速结构遍历）
B: geometry transformation(加速结构更新+遍历)

single-acceleration mode: A: 30fps B:10fps
multi-acceleration mode: A: 20fps B:20fps

Reference

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1. optixDynamicGeometry Code ↩︎