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From: jk87377@assari.tut.fi (Juhana Kouhia)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Z Buffer for Amiga
Message-ID: <1990Oct30.201240.24479@assari.tut.fi>
Date: 30 Oct 90 20:12:40 GMT
References: <1157@iceman.jcu.oz>
Organization: Tampere University of Technology
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In article <1157@iceman.jcu.oz> cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams) writes:
>Does anybody have C code for the Z buffer hidden surface algorithm.
>I would prefer code for the Amiga, but anything would be of
>help.

Hey, why is z-buffer based program hard to make by yourself?

How many people out there have made z-buffer based program?
Every year I read many wonderful articles from SIGGRAPH conference
proceeding, from IEEE CG&A journal, but I have never implemented
anything directly from papers.

How common this is?
Have anybody implemented for example Beam Tracer (1984), Path Tracer
(1987), Spacetime Constraints (1988), REYES type hidden surface
algorithm; dicing (1987), etc. etc.?

How many of you think "Hey, nice algorithm... this I must do", when
you see a new algorithm in the journal?

Juhana Kouhia
jk87377@tut.fi