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Re:What are we going to do with quantum computers? by grondilu on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:49AM (#16458111)
Ray tracing is typically the kind of things you want to do as fast as possible, ideally in real time. Quantum computers will never work fast.

Also if I'm not mistaken ray tracing scales well with conventional computers : the quality of your output is proportional to the number of rays you simulate. So it's not an appropriate use case for quantum computers.

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Re:What are we going to do with quantum computers? by posterboy on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:25PM (#16459988)
but it's not linear with the number of reflections and transissions, I guess, if you want physically correct materials. Or if you want aberations and, well, "quantum effects" like in the slit experiment.
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