I thought this might be interesting for you/us Kray users.
PIXAR :: Technology Focus
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_cus ... ry_id=5615
Point-Based Rendering
Point-Based Rendering
Larry V
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Re: Point-Based Rendering
Can I naively ask how this would affect using Kray or LW? when?
Re: Point-Based Rendering
hmm check the render time comparisons.. 
I think this could be extremely useful for interior renders

I think this could be extremely useful for interior renders
Re: Point-Based Rendering
Cool link Larry- thanks! Very interesting reading.
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Re: Point-Based Rendering
It's an interesting method, but basically not at all relevant for Kray. Kray is more efficient at ray tracing than it is at handling large datasets. It would make more sense to improve things like irradiance caching.