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From: pest@konech.UUCP (Wolfgang Pest)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Radiosity
Message-ID: <1126@konech.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 91 11:24:40 GMT
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From article <1991Jun23.205937.7246@menudo.uh.edu>, by jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend):
> In article <1991Jun23.202448.22614@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>>scanline rendering works, is this just another buzzword for ray-tracing?
> 
> patch in the scene.  Now, chuck the data into your favorite rendering
> package and whammo, a picture!
> 
> That's the $.02 explination.  For more info, see the following papers
> 
To add one cent of worth, the difference to ray-tracing is that radiosity
assumes each reflection to be diffuse but cannot deal with _specular_
reflection. The latest efforts are to combine the two methods. Have I learned
this correctly ?