hi,

"Hj. Malthaner" <me@home> wrote:
> I've been using PovRay for many years, and I want to say I'm very happy
> about the 3.8 release. Thanks a lot for that!
>
> Something though that I had been missing in PovRay is what is known as
> global illumination or path based lighting. Radiosity, supported by
> PovRay, is very similar, but not quite the same.
> ...
> Long message. In short, I have a raytracer in the works. I am trying to
> support PovRay scene files as good as I can. If you are interested in
> this project, or have any sort of feedback, please let me know.

without having looked at code etc (I haven't the maths, anyway), a new feature
to complement the existing radiosity stuff sounds v cool.  and, as there are
(rumoured) developments beyond v3.8, your idea/code may well find its way into
the "next generation" POV-Ray.  _thank_you_.


regards, jr.

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