…文学编程（literate programming），但大部分数学公式都是和代码分开的，所以你完全可以跳过大部分代码。即便你受不了代码，我依然非常推荐读一读，因为这确实是一本神作。Shirley 的《Realistic Ray Tracing》现在看依然非常有用，不过显然缺少了 state of the art 的内容。如果你真的一行代码都不想看，应该去读 Veach 的博士论文 [2]，然后再读一些关于 BSDF [3]、形状……的论文
…literate programming, but most of the maths are separated from the code, so you can skip over most of the code. Even if you can't stand I can really recommend reading it, as it's a great book. Shirley's Realistic Ray Tracing is still very useful these days, but obviously it's lacking the state of the art. If you really want to avoid any code you should read Veach's PhD thesis [2] and then some papers on BSDFs [3], shapes…
我在读《PBRT》第一版之前读过 Shirley 的《Realistic Ray Tracing》。RRT 的讲法绝对更加“循序渐进”，比 PBRT 容易上手得多。
I've read Realistic Ray Tracing by Shirley, before reading the first edition of PBRT. RRT definitely has a more "incremental" approach, and is a lot more approachable than PBRT.
…场景文件差不多是厘米量级……这意味着墙壁是直径大约 1.2 英里的球体。上次我亲眼见到那个 box 时，还特意在上面留了几个指纹。:P > Peter Shirley 的《Realistic Ray Tracing》 > smallpt 几乎 100% 都是脱胎于这本书。顺便提一句，Peter Shirley 把《Realistic Ray Tracing》里所有好玩的部分提炼成了一本轻量速查电子书，售价 3 美元，或者可以通过……免费获取
…scene file something close to centimeters... which would mean the walls are spheres with a diameter of about 1.2 miles. Last time I saw the box in person, I made sure to leave some fingerprints. :P > Realistic Ray Tracing, by Peter Shirley > Almost 100% of smallpt is derived from this book. FWIW, Peter Shirley distilled all the fun parts of Realistic Ray Tracing into an easy quick e-book available for $3, or free with…
这看着像是同一作者 Peter Shirley 写的《Realistic Ray Tracing》的精简版。那本书依然很短，大概 200 页，手把手实现了一个 raytracer。http://www.amazon.com/Realistic-Tracing-Second-Peter-Shirley... 他还写过其中一本……
This looks like a slimmed down version of the book Realistic Ray Tracing writen by the same author Peter Shirley. The book is still very short ~200 pages and develops a raytracer. http://www.amazon.com/Realistic-Tracing-Second-Peter-Shirley... He has also written one of…
…文学编程（literate programming），但大部分数学公式都是和代码分开的，所以你完全可以跳过大部分代码。即便你受不了代码，我依然非常推荐读一读，因为这确实是一本神作。Shirley 的《Realistic Ray Tracing》现在看依然非常有用，不过显然缺少了 state of the art 的内容。如果你真的一行代码都不想看，应该去读 Veach 的博士论文 [2]，然后再读一些关于 BSDF [3]、形状……的论文
…literate programming, but most of the maths are separated from the code, so you can skip over most of the code. Even if you can't stand I can really recommend reading it, as it's a great book. Shirley's Realistic Ray Tracing is still very useful these days, but obviously it's lacking the state of the art. If you really want to avoid any code you should read Veach's PhD thesis [2] and then some papers on BSDFs [3], shapes…
我都不知道 Peter Shirley 还写过别的书！当年《Realistic Ray Tracing》绝对是一本非常优秀的入门书。
I didn't know Peter Shirley wrote more books! "Realistic Ray Tracing" was definitely a good introductory book back in the day.
我在读《PBRT》第一版之前读过 Shirley 的《Realistic Ray Tracing》。RRT 的讲法绝对更加“循序渐进”，比 PBRT 容易上手得多。
I've read Realistic Ray Tracing by Shirley, before reading the first edition of PBRT. RRT definitely has a more "incremental" approach, and is a lot more approachable than PBRT.
…场景文件差不多是厘米量级……这意味着墙壁是直径大约 1.2 英里的球体。上次我亲眼见到那个 box 时，还特意在上面留了几个指纹。:P > Peter Shirley 的《Realistic Ray Tracing》 > smallpt 几乎 100% 都是脱胎于这本书。顺便提一句，Peter Shirley 把《Realistic Ray Tracing》里所有好玩的部分提炼成了一本轻量速查电子书，售价 3 美元，或者可以通过……免费获取
…scene file something close to centimeters... which would mean the walls are spheres with a diameter of about 1.2 miles. Last time I saw the box in person, I made sure to leave some fingerprints. :P > Realistic Ray Tracing, by Peter Shirley > Almost 100% of smallpt is derived from this book. FWIW, Peter Shirley distilled all the fun parts of Realistic Ray Tracing into an easy quick e-book available for $3, or free with…
这看着像是同一作者 Peter Shirley 写的《Realistic Ray Tracing》的精简版。那本书依然很短，大概 200 页，手把手实现了一个 raytracer。http://www.amazon.com/Realistic-Tracing-Second-Peter-Shirley... 他还写过其中一本……
This looks like a slimmed down version of the book Realistic Ray Tracing writen by the same author Peter Shirley. The book is still very short ~200 pages and develops a raytracer. http://www.amazon.com/Realistic-Tracing-Second-Peter-Shirley... He has also written one of…