An efficient denoising algorithm for global illumination
Michael W. Mara, Morgan McGuire, Benedikt Bitterli, Wojciech Jarosz · 2017
We propose a hybrid ray-tracing/rasterization strategy for realtime rendering enabled by a fast new denoising method. We factor global illumination into direct light at rasterized primary surfaces and two indirect lighting terms, each estimated with one path-traced sample per pixel. Our factorization enables efficient (biased) reconstruction by denoising light without blurring materials. We demonstrate denoising in under 10 ms per 1280×720 frame, compare results against the leading offline denoising methods, and include a supplement with source code, video, and data.