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From: sjankows@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Mr Booga (detonate))
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Basics of raytracing
Keywords: ray tracing parallel references
Message-ID: <4589@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 12 Oct 88 23:16:57 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
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  I have a request similar to Randy Ray's (Raytracing introduction).  I am
starting a project in parallel raytracing using a Sequent Balance 8000 and
a couple of color Sun 3's running X.  I have virtually exhausted the 
local resources on raytracing and am in need of basic ray tracing algorithms
and simple optimization algorithms.  There are several sources in particular
I would like:

   SIGGRAPH '86 Ray Tracing Course Notes  (Mark T. V. references these in 
his PD ray tracer)
   ACM Transactions on Graphics, July 1988.  There was an article on 
"Ray Tracing in a parallel/distributed processing environment" (or something
like that) that should prove useful.

Unfortunately, we are a State school and references such as these are hard
to come by.  If you could include a how-to-find along with any references, I
would appreciate it.  

I have experience with parallel programming and algorithms, so that is not a
problem.  I will post my findings to the net at the end of the quarter
(assuming I actually find something).
-- 
Steve Jankowski --------------------------------------------------------------
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