On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:20:38 -0400, Nathan Kopp wrote:
>
>TonyB <ben### [at] panamac-comnet> wrote...
>> >I wonder if photon mapping would be of any use to this technique?
>>
>> Nathan said it wouldn't help MegaPOV's current radiosity.
>>
>
>Actually, I said that theoretically it should be able to help the current
>radiosity, but I have been unsuccessful in implementing that part (the
>global photon stuff, in case people happen to be looking at the source
>code).
>
>I'll have to look more closely at this new light transport model to find out
>if it compliments photons and radiosity or replaces them.  The sample images
>look pretty neat, though.  :-)

Replaces them.  Its main flaw is it's not very useful in programs that want
to generate pixels in a predefined order, as POV is wont to do.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
These are my opinions.  I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.

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