In 2018, when launching the first real-time raytracing GPU, NVIDIA made an exhibition [2] at SIGGRAPH honoring "Figure 7" from Turner Whitted's original Raytrac

In 2018, when launching the first real-time raytracing GPU, NVIDIA made an exhibition [2] at SIGGRAPH honoring "Figure 7" from Turner Whitted's original Raytracing paper [1]. It consisted of a forced perspective floor and some suspended spheres. Lighting was a nightmare to get right. [1] https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~david/Classes/Papers/p343-whitted.pdf https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~david/Classes/Papers/p343-whitted... [2] https://techgage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Rob-Posing-With-Turner-Whitted-680x453.jpg https://techgage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Rob-Posing-W...