---Maybe the newest release of Myst- realMYST?
This could be considered a realtime raytraced world?
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"Abe Heckenbach" <abe### [at] vrmlk12laus> wrote in message
news:3995A27D.570FDB04@vrml.k12.la.us...
> Sorry for this resend, but I didn't want it to get hidden under,
> "POV-Ray 3.1 to other file format.." thread.
>
> Simon> thanx, but the reason I want to use ray tracing is for the
> realisium, if virtual reality mean triing to trick the participant into
> believing he is in a different env., then ray tracing just seems
> right(since it models light rays and all),  Also I realise that
> computers are just not fast enough today, but they will be in the maybe
> not so distance future(Intel's P4, to be released this year, will be
> 1.5GHz+). Plus you can also make dedicated hardware, and software
> improvments. But hey, thanx anyways, I will read up more on openGL.
>
>
> ///////////////////////////////////////////
>
> Hey all,
>
> what is up?? My name is Abe Heckenbach, and I am a newbie to these
> newsgroups.
> I have only recently(past 3 months) gotten into ray tracing, and I think
> is is
> awesome(Who doesn't??). I am particularly interested in real-time ray
> tracing
> for the purpose of virtual reality.  Seems impossible... I know, but
> maybe its
> not, hardware is getting faster every day, and I'm sure there are
> software
> speed-ups that haven't been figured out yet(in fact I have a few ideas
> myself!)
>
> I'm interested in joining the POV-team to discuss ray tracing
> techniques, and
> help develop povray(I'm kinda new the C programming also, but I catch on
> quick,
> actually my first C program was a ray tracer to test one of my ideas,
> but I
> have been programming other languages for years, like java(and before
> that
> perl,basic,unix shell scripts,ect.))
>
> I would like to start a group, website and corresponding newsgroup, to
> discuss
> virtual reality, (everything necessary to a finished VRE Setup(hardware
> and
> software requirements), but completely from a theoretical point of view)
> If anyone is willing to host something like that let me know. If anyone
> is
> interested in any of this let me know, I would like to discuss it with
> people).
>
> Later,
>     Abe H.
>     abe### [at] vrmlk12laus

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