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Cool looking project. I get a bit of a Mitsuba [1] vibe from the renderer, at first glance -- I'm curious how the two stack up.

Considering that the author and Mitsuba's author, Wenzel Jakob, are both at ETH Zurich, I wouldn't be surprised if they knew each other. ;)

Additionally, the author has a report page [1] with side-by-side comparisons of material renders with Mitsuba.

Yep! Wenzel was even one of the judges at the rendering competition.

Mitsuba was and continues to be an important inspiration.