Yes, i just use the chance to spread a little bit of the newest trends.
If i would have higher mathematical knowledge, i would better understand the
details.

For example this, here are even downloads on the site.

https://mediatech.aalto.fi/publications/graphics/GPT/

What is POV-Ray?

To the end user its a GUI with a SDL. A easy to use SDL.
Something that i have not seen somewhere else.

Actually its often used for technical visualisation, because the POV-Ray
SDL-Scruipt can easily be automatically generated by other programs.

People who just don't like "visual Modeller programs" of all sorts choose
POV-Ray.

Whats at the back-end (Meshes or primitives) does not really interest the end
user so much.
At the end the end user doesn't know if there are Meshes at the beack-end or
primitives. And normally i would say that all Primitives can be converted
somehow to Meshes, at least i think they do it in Cinema 4D this way.

Going from there the question is, if it would be possible to take the POV-SDL

example Luxrays or this thing here.

Then just add an second "Render Path" ("unbiased path"). Which would then have
support for GPU.

Luxray has good developers, they swim in one direction, they don't have a
comparable good SDL like POV. But they have other features, for example support
for OpenCl.

So if it weould be possible to convert the POV-Ray results to meshes ... then
render it with Luxrays you would have the best of both worlds.

If i had more knowledge how all this works, maybe I'de just think of making such
an "POV-Like Editor" that will just transfer the POV-SDL into the Luxray
"export-code".

We experience at this time large changes in this market segment. Many Freeware
renderers are dead.
And POV-Ray is one of those that is still left. For so many years since the
AMIGA.

I remember ... i had it already at the Amiga. But when i visit all those sites
and the Newsgroups there is not so much life like before.

And it does not really look like its increasing.
So the question is, if it would not be an idea to go together with others.
That have the same problem.

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