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  • noun computing A 3D computer graphics rendering system that simulates all reflections from objects in the scene.

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Examples

  • Enlighten deals with radiosity, which is the way that moves around a room - if you shine a flashlight at a white wall, the light will bounce off the wall and reflect around the room, illuminating the space as a secondary light source.

    WarCry Network : Latest News 2008

  • Enlighten deals with radiosity, which is the way that moves around a room - if you shine a flashlight at a white wall, the light will bounce off the wall and reflect around the room, illuminating the space as a secondary light source.

    WarCry Network : Latest News 2008

  • The rendering technique that does allow for light reflected by nearby colored surfaces is called "radiosity".

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

  • In one of the images, you can see that the faker used, something called "radiosity" to render the images.

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2007

  • Yes, radiosity is the term used for that effect in 3D application, bleeding sound more like an artist term, like a 2D word.

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

  • The first examples of true radiosity that I saw were rendered with the program "Lightscape", which is now a part of Max.

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

  • There's many ways to carry out radiosity, and one of the more popular But older ones is to use particle effects.

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

  • I used ray-tracing renderers for years which had global illumination, long before any attempt was made to render the radiosity effects that James shows in his pictures.

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

  • Don Cox, very few modern renderers use radiosity, because it generally can't handle the complex geometry that you see in modern scenes, and it's difficult to handle surfaces which aren't Lambertian i.e. matte.

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

  • It's worth mentioning that Pixar doesn't use radiosity, including point cloud lighting, in the vast majority of their shots.

    Color Bleeding James Gurney 2010

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