"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote:
> I'm sure several years, or even decades, ago, people were waiting the same
> times for POV to render.

yes, but the difference is that at the time there was no other option to obtain
very detailed and realistic results.  Both photon mapping and radiosity
generate are capable of delivering very realistic and accurate results without
the huge performance penalties associated with the bruteforce methods...

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