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A comment on Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing (2016). Parent comment

Re:Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing (2016) by TheLoneAdmin on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:32PM (#18717448)
> You can use Russian roulette techniques

Did you mean Monte Carlo?

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Re:Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing (2016) by mroche on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:49PM (#18717617)
They meant Russian Roulette:

https://docs.redshift3d.com/display/RSDOCS/Optimizations?pro...

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Re:Path Tracing vs. Ray Tracing (2016) by peterbraden on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @01:05PM (#18717757)
Russian roulette often refers to when a Ray has a random chance of terminating (being absorbed)
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