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From: josh@hi.uucp (Josh Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: ray tracing (Was Amiga ray tracer)
Message-ID: <5535@hi.uucp>
Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 22:28:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 28 22:28:07 1987
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Reply-To: josh@hi.UUCP (Josh Siegel)
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In article <823@osu-cgrg.UUCP> spencer@osu-cgrg.UUCP (Steve Spencer) writes:
 >In article <829@bgsuvax.UUCP>, ritzenth@bgsuvax.UUCP (Phil Ritzenthaler) writes:
 >> In article <4947@hi.uucp>, josh@hi.uucp (Josh Siegel ) writes:
 >> > I am going to throw out some more ideas.  Maybe some great and new method
 >> > could be generated right here... :-)
 >>                                      .
 >> 
 >> Maybe I am in the wrong ballpark, but wasn't this already proposed?  In
 >> IEEE CG & A, April, 1986 a similar (but not quite) proposal was presented by
 >> some gentlemen (one I recall was named Fujimoto).  The system was call the
 >> ARTS (Accelerated Ray Tracing System) System.  It is now being put into 
 >> an application by Ray Tracing, INC. (address given if needed) . . . 
 >> 
 >
 >Sorry, Josh.  It's been done, though re-inventing the wheel shows 
 >original thought.  Spatial subdivision has been proposed by more than one
 >person or group.  Look in IEEE CG&A, back SIGGRAPH proceedings...
 >
 >Basically, it falls into these categories:
 >
 > [...]
 >
 >
 >...I'm growing older but not up...       - Jimmy Buffett
 >
 >Stephen Spencer, Graduate Student
 >The Computer Graphics Research Group
 >The Ohio State University
 >1501 Neil Avenue, Columbus OH 43210
 >{decvax,ucbvax}!cbosg!osu-cgrg!spencer        (uucp)


Damm... I HATE when I do that... :-)

I had assumed it was not a new idea (I thought of it) but had not
 seen any references on it (had not gone through the SIGGRAPH
 stuff yet).  Oh well...

Anyhow,
	Thanks for all the references I have gotten on all the
things I threw out.  Interesting material.  Still, lets see
the usenet ray tracer! :-)

			--Josh Siegel
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