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From: Mael
Subject: Ward and pov implementation
Date: 10 Jan 2003 14:51:40
Message: <3e1f244c$1@news.povray.org>
In Ward original paper
(http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/papers/sg88/paper.html) the
error_reuse_rotate is
error_reuse_rotate = sqrt(fabs(1.0 - N(P).N(Pi) ));
while in povray it's
error_reuse_rotate = 2.0 * sqrt(fabs(1.0 - N(P).N(Pi) ));

Is there a reason for this factor 2 ? If it's an error it makes povray take
more gather locations than necessary for a given error_bound (I think there
is also a small influence on the weighting of points averaged)

M


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