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Ray casting

Ray casting is the methodological basis for 3D CAD/CAM solid modeling and image rendering. It is essentially the same as ray tracing for computer graphics where virtual light rays are "cast" or "traced" on their path from the focal point of a camera through each pixel in the camera sensor to determine what is visible along the ray in the 3D scene.

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Computer graphicsRenderingImage orderRaysEye
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Ray casting in early computer games

Depth bufferingWolfenstein 3DPixelsTextureRaven Software
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Realistic shaded pictures

Ambient lightDiffuselySpecularlyTransmitted
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Computational geometry setting

Computational geometryData structureSparse voxel octree
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Ray casting in early computer games

Computational geometry setting

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Ray casting

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples64
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Ray casting

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related to Line drawings · 11
Ray casting → Box, Each, Evaluate, For, If, Roth’s, Similarly, Tektronix, The, Then, To
related to Concept · 8
Ray casting → Elaborate, Geometric, If, One, Ray, The, This, Using
related to history · 8
Ray casting → Additionally, Bell Labs, For, GM Research Labs, Ray, Scott Roth, Scott Roth's, Turner Whitted's
related to Realistic shaded pictures · 8
Ray casting → Daniel Bass, GM Research Labs, Ramtek, Ray, Scott Roth, The, To, ViewViewing
related to Enclosures and efficiency · 7
Ray casting → But, By, Computer, In, Millions, Ray, The
related to Ray casting in early computer games · 5
Ray casting → Early, In, That, This, While
has application · 3
Ray casting → Each, For, Three
related to Computational geometry setting · 3
Ray casting → In, One, The
related to In–out ray classification · 2
Ray casting → The, This
see also · 2
Ray casting → Path, Ray

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ray casting rays surface point 3d solid pixel screen image edges rendering using one light visible line surfaces modeling computer

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Ray castingis amethodological basis for 3D CAD/CAM solid modeling and image rendering0.90text
colorinstance ofThe surface can have various properties0.80text
specularityinstance ofThe surface can have various properties0.80text
transparency with/without refractioninstance ofThe surface can have various properties0.80text
translucencyinstance ofThe surface can have various properties0.80text
etcinstance ofThe surface can have various properties0.80text
densityinstance ofThe solid associated with the surface may have its own physical properties0.80text
Ray castinghas applicationThree0.60section
Ray castinghas applicationEach0.60section
Ray castinghas applicationFor0.60section
Ray castingrelated to Computational geometry settingIn0.60section
Ray castingrelated to Computational geometry settingThe0.60section

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