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11 Aug 2024 03:29:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Infinity in a box  
From: Kevin Wampler
Date: 15 Sep 1999 22:03:48
Message: <37E05045.336C673C@tapestry.tucson.az.us>
Philip Bartol wrote:

> Sometime in the last week someone brought up the "infinity in a box" thing
> again, they did it with a clear box with a reflection of 1.
>
> The first person to try this claimed they had a problem with it disapearing to
> black, but my problem has gone the other way, I get about 1 1/2 reflections
> (all of which are faded) and then it fades to white.
>
> I tried removing all of the light sources and setting the ambients higher,
> etc. I even moved the camera into the box, I get a better image, but it still
> seems to be a bit bright.
>
> Changing the base color (of the transmit 1 pigment) of the box, but that
> doesn't seem to effect it....
>
> This is a diversion I really don't need, but now that I'm on it I'd like to
> see it through <GRIN>
>
> Any help would be great....
>
> Thanks....
>
> PHIL
>
> ---------------------------------------------------

Did you put the box in an entirely black (or very close to it) setting?  Because
the reflection values are added each time a ray hits the cube, anything else will
fade to a color (white in most cases) very fast.


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