Java Glossary : ray tracing

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ray tracing: When you see those glossy computer generated 3D images with lots of shiny reflective surfaces, they were generated mathematically by tracing the path each photon might take bouncing around the scene. See free ray tracing packages from Pov-Ray and Rod Collen. The Pov-Ray (Persistence of Vision Raytracer) package blew me away. It is hard to believe a package this extensive could possibly be free.

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