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  Re: 1-way mirror?  
From: "Jérôme M. Berger"
Date: 7 Jan 2009 14:53:20
Message: <49650830@news.povray.org>
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clipka wrote:
> "Catseye" <jpf### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
>> Is there a way to construct a 1-way mirror so that the camera "sees" objects
>> through the backside of a mirror that reflects image rays from the object on
>> the front side?
> 
> Hm... that's probably trivial (in the original latin sense, meaning "having
> three ways"):
>
> <snip>
>
> (c) ... um... well... okay, maybe it isn't really TRIvial after all :)
> 
	Sure is, search the archives for the so-called "vampire" effect
(should be around 1999-2000, *before* povray got no_image,
no_reflection and inside_texture).

		Jerome
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