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From: erich@eye.com (	Eric Haines)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Ray Tracing Beginner
Message-ID: <1990Dec07.144543.11793@eye.com>
Date: 7 Dec 90 14:45:43 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.032700.25078@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: erich@eye.com (	Eric Haines)
Organization: 3D/Eye Inc., Ithaca, NY
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In article <1990Dec4.032700.25078@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> hamid@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov writes:
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>	I'd like to write a Ray Tracing program to run on a PC.  Can
>	anyone recommend a good article or text book that's not too
>	heady for me to start with?

A good but pricery start is "An Introduction to Ray Tracing", edited by Andrew
Glassner (I admit, I'm a co-author - buy a copy and earn me a quarter).  A
much cheaper (and shorter) option is an article by Andrew G. on how to make a
ray tracer in the latest issue of BYTE Magazine (sorry, I don't know which
month - it's the newest on our newsstand).

Eric Haines