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   by brianguenter 6y ago

   OpticSim automatically downloads publicly available glass catalogs when you first build the package. The current list is Nikon, Schott, Sumita, Ohara, and Hoya. If you have glass files stored locally on your machine you can add the glass fi
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   by brianguenter 6y ago

   There are 4 Microsoft people contributing to the project.
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   by brianguenter 6y ago

   OpticSim is a geometric optics ray tracer.
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   by brianguenter 6y ago

   OpticSim can model all forms of geometric aberration including chromatic aberration. We are considering adding some ability to handle diffraction but it is not the highest priority now.
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   by brianguenter 6y ago

   We use OpticSim in my group to simulate complex optical systems that we are designing. We're the only group I know of at Microsoft Research Redmond doing optical research.