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Kiro on March 19, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: PowerVR GR6500: Ray tracing is the future and the ...

I thought Wolfenstein 3D was an example of ray tracing but reading this article and Wikipedia it seems to be all about lighting effects. What do I misunderstand?

faddotio on March 19, 2014 | [–]

I think you're thinking of raycasting.

din-9 on March 19, 2014 | [–]

It was an example of ray casting and not ray tracing.

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