An accessible introduction to this technique and how it works, complete with sophisticated code examples that can be used in applications. Includes leading-edge methods for high speed ray tracing as well as detailed coverage of design procedures, generation, processing, storage and photographic output of ray traced images. The accompanying disk contains all code examples, gallery images plus two complete ray tracing programs--one of which is a high speed ray tracer.
This is a good book but just realize that its a bit dated and there may be better and more up to date books out there. If you can get this cheap then go ahead, otherwise, look for something more up to date.
Good book on Ray Tracing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This book is a excellent source of information on Ray tracing. It is written to help novice as well as expert to sharpen their knowledge on the subject. I personally have gained a lot after reading this book which helped me professionally to implement HLR algorithm for my product.
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