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4 Oct 2024 05:19:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Povray phyics simulation  
From: Marc Schimmler
Date: 15 Apr 1999 11:41:57
Message: <3715FAB4.F3644FD3@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Lewis wrote:
> 
> It's NOT a laser. The  cylinder on the left is a flash light, with a
> piece of plastic blocking it. There is a thin, long, hole in the plastic
> which allows a thin beam of *regular* light to go out.

But such a beam would break up into different colours after leaving the
prism. The standard POV can't simulate that. By using a monochromatic
light source such as a laser this wouldn't happen (and the output of POV
would be correct! :-) ).

Marc
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Marc Schimmler


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