Describe the term ray tracing

Question

Describe the term ray tracing? Write down some of its benefits?

Answer 1

Ray tracing is a technique of producing realistic images by computer in which the paths of individual rays of light are followed from the viewer to their origin points. Any program that implements this technique of ray tracing is ray tracer. One of the prime benefits of method of ray tracing is it makes use of the real physics and mathematics behind light. Therefore the images produced can be strikingly, life similar to or photo realistic.