Nekar Xenos <j-p### [at] citywalkcoza> wrote in message
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>
> Maybe this is a stupid question, but why doesn't Pov use real radiosity?
Will
> future versions have real radiosity as an option? It would be nice to have
both
> methods available IMHO.  =)
>

afaik 'Real' radiosity requires triangle meshes. That means for pov to
implement it, every object would need to be tesselated (Converted to
triangles). Easy enough for boxes, imagine tesselating a julia fractal
or a complex isosurface...

Gail
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