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Expected to see a simple ray tracer break down on some edge case. Saw a simple ray tracer, simply ray trace. Was quite disappointed. Why is this posted? What va
by Doerge 10y ago
Expected to see a simple ray tracer break down on some edge case. Saw a simple ray tracer, simply ray trace. Was quite disappointed. Why is this posted? What value does it add?
- iak8god 10y agoThis explains and demonstrates, piece by piece, how a ray tracer works it's a "breakdown" in the sense of "an explanatory analysis", not in the sense of "a failure." Good for you that you already know how ray tracers work, and so possibly this adds no value for you. I already knew how they work and I thought it was a nice clear demonstration.
- Doerge 10y agoI see that it is a _nice_ demo, but don't see how this ends up as #1 here?
- iak8god 10y agoOther people found it interesting. It's pointless to complain about content that doesn't strike your fancy. Just upvote stuff that does...
- roywiggins 10y agoBecause it's by Ken Perlin, probably.
- anjc 10y agoSo essentially you're disappointed by your own misinterpretation of a title