> I think the way to do it is to give it a bounding object that surrounds
> the camera viewpoint.  This way the reflected rays miss the bounding
> object and cause it to not appear.
> 
> object {
>   Vampire
>   bounded_by { sphere { CameraLocation,.01 } }
> }
> 
> Rays from the camera will always intersect the sphere, hence the
> object will directly appear; but the reflected rays will almost
> certainly miss that sphere, causing the object to not appear in the
> reflection.

Very interesting!...  But... it doesn't seem to work...

I tried the simplified scene with a white sphere and a mirror, the bounded_by is
set to the camera position, everything seems alright, but I see two spheres...

Do I need any other keywords in order to make this work?

Thanks,
	Simon
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