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From: adrian@mti.mti.com (Adrian McCarthy)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Where to publish ray tracing algorithm?
Message-ID: <1145@mti.mti.com>
Date: 31 Aug 90 15:57:49 GMT
Reply-To: adrian@mti.UUCP (Adrian McCarthy)
Organization: Micro Technology, Anaheim, CA
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I didn't see answers to this in the frequently asked questions, and I'm new
to this group, so forgive me if it's too naive.

I have come up with an algorithm that can radically reduce the number of
intersection tests for certain geometric situations modeled with ray tracing.
I believe this algorithm to be original, general, and quite useful, and I'd
like to publish an article about it.  It's probably too specific to ray
tracing to be of interest to magazines like Byte and Dr. Dobbs, so which
graphics magazines are out there that might be interested?  As someone new
to ray tracing, which should I be reading?

Also, I'd like someone with significant ray-tracing experience who would be
willing to look over a description of the algorithm.  Although I came up
with it independently, it seems straightforward enough that there *might*
be somebody out there already using it.  If one or two of you wizards with
knowledge of what other people are doing would like to read it over, send
me some e-mail, and I'll send you a copy for review.

I would rather not publish the algorithm directly to the net or otherwise
distribute it too widely, since I would like to get it into a journal or
magazine.

Aid.  (adrian@gonzo.mti.com)