viktor4006094/DegreeProject

This project is a 2018-era academic thesis implementation (DegreeProject). While it successfully maps the complex physics of Stokes-Mueller calculus (which describes the polarization state of light) to modern GPU ray-tracing pipelines (DXR), it remains a static reference implementation rather than a maintained tool. With only 13 stars and zero velocity over 6 years, it lacks any ecosystem or community traction. From a competitive standpoint, the 'moat' is purely the domain expertise required to translate the physics into shaders. However, professional rendering engines like Mitsuba 3 or specialized industrial simulators already provide more robust, validated, and performant versions of these algorithms. Frontier labs (OpenAI/Google) have no interest in this niche, but platform providers like NVIDIA (via their RTX/PhysX SDKs) or Epic Games (Unreal Engine) could absorb such functionality as a minor feature if demand for polarized rendering (e.g., for automotive or computer vision training) grew. The project is a valuable educational resource but has no commercial defensibility.