Will GPU ever support caustics?

[Karol.Osinski]

Quick question, will GPU engine ever support creation of photon mapped caustics?

[Micha]

Since photon mapped caustic based on precalculation I ask could the CPU calculated caustic effect not be shown in GPU mode?

[Karol.Osinski]

good point Micha !

[francomanko]

yeah would be good to get some info about this, just watched a vray video on the progressive caustics, looked pretty cool, then sigh, not for gpu.

[Micha]

Hi,

maybe the question can be answered a few months later - couldn't the CPU calculated caustic used for GPU rendering? Sounds so easy.

[sebastien_berthier1]

I would also love to have progressive caustics implemented on Vray for Gpu.

[peppe3d]

hello there! is this something that's being looked at? I'm having to temporarily switch to other renderers for a job that heavily features caustics. It would be absolutely great to have some way to get caustics in the GPU renderer

[s_gru]

i'll jump in too, i'd love to have caustics on gpu

[Muhammed_Hamed]

Hello everyone!

This feature is development for some time now, this is one of our top priorities for 2024
I will update the thread when we have news

Best,
Muhammed

[nicolas_fuminier]

Hello everyone!

This feature is development for some time now, this is one of our top priorities for 2024
I will update the thread when we have news

Best,
Muhammed

Hi Muhammed,

I know I may sound like a child who keeps asking when we're coming, but is it possible to get a little more information on the subject of caustics on Vray GPU.

We're in the middle of testing different GPU computation engines from the competition because of this very question.
I'd like to know whether this is a concrete possibility, even without giving a date, or whether we need to find other solutions for the next two years.

Thank you in advance for your answers,
Nicolas

[Muhammed_Hamed]

Hi Muhammed,

I know I may sound like a child who keeps asking when we're coming, but is it possible to get a little more information on the subject of caustics on Vray GPU.

We're in the middle of testing different GPU computation engines from the competition because of this very question.
I'd like to know whether this is a concrete possibility, even without giving a date, or whether we need to find other solutions for the next two years.

Thank you in advance for your answers,
Nicolas

Hi Nicolas,

It will ship this year, we will have internal builds for this feature in the next weeks
Have you been using Caustics in the standard V-Ray Renderer or other competitive products?
If you have a chance let us know about your experience

Best,
Muhammed