> Ray tracing is just math, is that math applicable for any non graphics use? It's not "just math", it's data structures and algorithms for tree traversal, wit

> Ray tracing is just math, is that math applicable for any non graphics use? It's not "just math", it's data structures and algorithms for tree traversal, with a focus on memory cache hardware friendliness. The math part is trivial. It's the memory part that's hard. Ray tracing hardware and acceleration structures are highly specific to ray tracing and not really usable for other kinds of spatial queries. That said, ray tracing has applications outside of computer graphics. Medical imaging for example.