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30 Jul 2024 04:20:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: mega ponder  
From: mr art
Date: 24 Mar 2000 11:22:50
Message: <38DB967E.6BB6231A@gci.net>
A recent d/l has got me wondering:
This Blinn, is he J. F. Blinn and is 
he the one that developed blobs for 
molecular modeling? My comupter graphics
history is very shaky.

"mr.art" wrote:
> 
> From the documents ( and I quote):
> 
> The phong and specular highlighting models available in POV-Ray are
> alright, but they are quite simplified models. A better model has been
> developed over the years. This is the Torrance-Sparrow-Blinn-Cook
> microfacet highlight model.

-- 
Mr. Art

"Often the appearance of reality is more important 
than the reality of the appearance."
Bill DeWitt 2000


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