Direct volume rendering in virtual and/or augmented reality

A method of image rendering, comprising:

• recording volume data by a microscope;
• detecting a measure of a user movement relative to a user's field of view;
• performing volume rendering in a virtual reality environment by:
• applying an adapted Monte Carlo integration to the volume data,
• performing grid accelerator-based view ray tracing,
• performing image filtering, and
• adapting user movement detected adapted a frame compensation based on the measure of the user movement;
• wherein the adapting of the frame compensation based on the measure of the user movement includes:
• changing a frame rendering rate upon detecting a rapid change in the user's field of view, and
• increasing an image resolution upon detecting a stop of the user movement relative to the user's field of view.