Ordering rays in rendered graphics for coherent shading

摘要

Disclosed is a system (100) to order rays in rendered graphics or shading. The system (100) includes a memory (114) and a processor (112) configured to record intersection points (162) for each of the plurality of directional queries the memory (114). Each of the plurality of directional queries has one intersection point (162). The processor (112) organises the intersection points for each of the plurality of directional queries into a plurality of elements (162) in the memory (114), and groups the intersection points (162) of each of the plurality of elements in the memory (114) by shading context.