Ray tracing (physics)
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ray-tracing-physics-185-18840280
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Ray tracing (physics)
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In physics, ray tracing is a method for calculating the path of waves or particles through a system with regions of varying propagation velocity, absorption characteristics, and reflecting surfaces. Under these circumstances, wavefronts may bend, change direction, or reflect off surfaces, complicating analysis. Strictly speaking Ray tracing is when analytic solutions to the ray's trajectories are solved; however Ray tracing is often confused with ray-marching which numerically solves problems by
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Calculation technique
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_tracing_(physics)
date created:
2008-04-19T07:12:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T20:56:32Z
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