src/models/renderer/utils/ray_marcher.py

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# Modified by Jiale Xu
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"""
The ray marcher takes the raw output of the implicit representation and uses the volume rendering equation to produce composited colors and depths.
Based off of the implementation in MipNeRF (this one doesn't do any cone tracing though!)
"""

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F


class MipRayMarcher2(nn.Module):
    def __init__(self, activation_factory):
        super().__init__()
        self.activation_factory = activation_factory

    def run_forward(self, colors, densities, depths, rendering_options, normals=None):
        dtype = colors.dtype
        deltas = depths[:, :, 1:] - depths[:, :, :-1]
        colors_mid = (colors[:, :, :-1] + colors[:, :, 1:]) / 2
        densities_mid = (densities[:, :, :-1] + densities[:, :, 1:]) / 2
        depths_mid = (depths[:, :, :-1] + depths[:, :, 1:]) / 2

        # using factory mode for better usability
        densities_mid = self.activation_factory(rendering_options)(densities_mid).to(dtype)

        density_delta = densities_mid * deltas

        alpha = 1 - torch.exp(-density_delta).to(dtype)

        alpha_shifted = torch.cat([torch.ones_like(alpha[:, :, :1]), 1-alpha + 1e-10], -2)
        weights = alpha * torch.cumprod(alpha_shifted, -2)[:, :, :-1]
        weights = weights.to(dtype)

        composite_rgb = torch.sum(weights * colors_mid, -2)
        weight_total = weights.sum(2)
        # composite_depth = torch.sum(weights * depths_mid, -2) / weight_total
        composite_depth = torch.sum(weights * depths_mid, -2)

        # clip the composite to min/max range of depths
        composite_depth = torch.nan_to_num(composite_depth, float('inf')).to(dtype)
        composite_depth = torch.clamp(composite_depth, torch.min(depths), torch.max(depths))

        if rendering_options.get('white_back', False):
            composite_rgb = composite_rgb + 1 - weight_total

        # rendered value scale is 0-1, comment out original mipnerf scaling
        # composite_rgb = composite_rgb * 2 - 1 # Scale to (-1, 1)

        return composite_rgb, composite_depth, weights


    def forward(self, colors, densities, depths, rendering_options, normals=None):
        if normals is not None:
            composite_rgb, composite_depth, composite_normals, weights = self.run_forward(colors, densities, depths, rendering_options, normals)
            return composite_rgb, composite_depth, composite_normals, weights

        composite_rgb, composite_depth, weights = self.run_forward(colors, densities, depths, rendering_options)
        return composite_rgb, composite_depth, weights