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  Re: Algorithms for sending out multiple rays?  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 15 Sep 2000 11:45:39
Message: <39c24423$1@news.povray.org>
In article <39C### [at] my-dejanewscom> , "Greg M. Johnson" 
<gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote:

> I'm working on an improved method for having a particle negotiate an
> obstacle course.
> Can anyone point me to the algorithm used for sending out rays in
> raytracing?
>
> Say I have a vector Vector1,  which is the camera equivalent of  look_at
> - location, or the current  velocity of my intelligent particle.
>
> How does pov send out an array of say 40 x 30 or 160 x 120 pixels within
> a certain angle?

Just look in the Suggested Reading section near the end of the POV-Ray user
manual.


       Thorsten


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