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From: Invisible
Date: 3 Apr 2006 08:22:59
Message: <443113a3$1@news.povray.org>
>> Before anybody else asks... is there a good article somewhere that 
>> explains what BSP is, and why it's good?
> 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_space_partition_tree

Just says that BSP involves recursively subdividing space and storing 
the chunks in a binary tree. Doesn't really explain why this would be 
useful for the purpose of raytracing.


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