Curl Technologies has just published a web plug-in that can do simple real
time raytracing. Nothing fancy, really, only the ever-so-popular reflective
spheres on a checkered plane (thumb-nail size), but still interesting to
check, since reflection, refraction, normal and other features can be tested
on-line on their "tutorial".

IMHO worth a couple of minutes of playing time.

http://www.curl.com/html/demos/demos.jsp

Ruy

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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:29:23 -0200, Ruy wrote:
> Curl Technologies has just published a web plug-in that can do simple real
> time raytracing. Nothing fancy, really, only the ever-so-popular reflective
> spheres on a checkered plane (thumb-nail size)

Hey, I'll bet POV could do that... hmm, maybe it already does...  Now
where have I seen a thumbnail-sized sphere on a checkered plane...

-- 
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbf 1}hollow interior{media{emission 3-T}}}#end 
Z(-x-x.2x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90normal{bumps.02scale.05}}

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