The current list is here: https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/GoogleSummerOfCode/2018/Ideas
But it's still early, we're in the phase where Google is deciding which organizations to accept. On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 7:09 PM, Mayur Odedara <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > If its no problem for the admins, Could you guys write a list of open tasks > which could be done for GSoC 2018 (I don't know if you guys already do that > or not, If you do that do ignore this message) > > Regards, > Mayur > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 11:29 PM Brecht Van Lommel < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Anton, > > > > We're planning to move to Embree, so improving our existing BVH builder > and > > traversal is not the best use of time. > > https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2017- > November/048936.html > > > > However a lot of work is still needed to get the Embree integration > stable, > > and I imagine whatever the state will be this summer, there will be a lot > > room for improvement. Finding optimizations in the integration, memory > > usage reductions, etc. Some of the bigger topics would be: > > * Use Embree for building the GPU BVH, so we can remove our own builder. > > * For subdivision surfaces, implement more memory efficient grid > primitive > > to intersect directly. > > * Optimizations for tracing short rays on a single object for subsurface > > scattering, bevel, curvature. > > > > Stefan, do you have an idea about which tasks will be open still this > > summer? > > > > Regards, > > Brecht. > > > > On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 11:07 PM, Антон Гавриков < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, I worked on this (https://developer.blender.org/D2875) project > > as a > > > summer intern in Intel. I would like to know if there is any interest > in > > > working on this project in GSoC 2018. Or maybe there are any similar > > tasks > > > to optimize Cycles for new architectures. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Anton. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bf-committers mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
