Class

MPSAccelerationStructure

The base class for data structures that are built over geometry and used to accelerate ray tracing.

Declaration

class MPSAccelerationStructure : MPSKernel

Topics

Initializers

init?(coder: NSCoder, device: MTLDevice)
init?(coder: NSCoder, group: MPSAccelerationStructureGroup)
init(device: MTLDevice)
init(group: MPSAccelerationStructureGroup)

Instance Properties

var boundingBox: MPSAxisAlignedBoundingBox
var group: MPSAccelerationStructureGroup
var status: MPSAccelerationStructureStatus
var usage: MPSAccelerationStructureUsage

Instance Methods

func copy(with: NSZone?, device: MTLDevice?) -> Self
func copy(with: NSZone?, group: MPSAccelerationStructureGroup) -> Self
func encode(with: NSCoder)
func encodeRefit(commandBuffer: MTLCommandBuffer)
func rebuild()
func rebuild(completionHandler: MPSAccelerationStructureCompletionHandler)

Relationships

Inherits From

Conforms To

See Also

Ray Tracing

Metal for Accelerating Ray Tracing

Use the Metal Performance Shaders ray intersector to perform ray-traced rendering.

Animating and Denoising a Raytraced Scene

Support dynamic scenes and denoising by extending your ray tracer with Metal Performance Shaders.

class MPSRayIntersector

A kernel that performs intersection tests between rays and geometry.

class MPSAccelerationStructureGroup

A group of acceleration structures.

class MPSInstanceAccelerationStructure

An acceleration structure built over instances of other acceleration structures.

class MPSTriangleAccelerationStructure

An acceleration structure built over triangles.