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[MANTA] Shooting just one ray from the gui.


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  • From: Abe Stephens <abe@sci.utah.edu>
  • To: "'manta@sci.utah.edu'" <manta@sci.utah.edu>
  • Subject: [MANTA] Shooting just one ray from the gui.
  • Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:18:11 -0700
Hey,

What would we have to do to have the gui-thread (or another thread) shoot one single ray through the scene?

Presumably this ray would hit something and then the application could use the result. Maybe it would use the hit information to select something from a scene database or it could change the camera lookat point, etc. Has anyone tried this? I've used it in my coursework software for debugging and for setting the focal distance for thin lens cameras.

Perhaps I will experiment with adding a "shootOneRay(...)" method to the RTRTInterface does anyone see another path through the API?

Abe





  • [MANTA] Shooting just one ray from the gui., Abe Stephens, 06/20/2005

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