Ray Maps technique for effective interrogation of results of MCRT simulation

The new lighting simulation result interrogation technique called Ray Maps is described. These maps can be effectively used in physically accurate optic simulation system based on forward and backward Monte-Carlo ray tracing. In particular the Ray Maps can increase efficiency for photo-realistic images creation, fast analyze of light characteristics on the radiation detector with variable parameters, studying the fine details of the light propagation in the complex scenes and so on. The example of Ray Maps usage is Ray Visualization intended for the complex optical system design. This example is considered in details in the paper.