A computer graphics system generates pixel values for pixels in an image
of objects in a scene, using strictly-deterministic low-discrepancy
sequences, illustratively Halton sequences, as sample points for
evaluating integrals which are used to simulate a number of computer
graphic techniques. The computer graphics system uses the low-discrepancy
sequence to ensure that the sample points are evenly distributed over a
respective region or time interval, thereby reducing error in the image
which can result from clumping of such sample points which can occur in
the Monte Carlo technique. In particular, the invention facilitates the
generation of images of improved quality when using the same number of
sample points at the same computational cost as in the Monte Carlo
technique.