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Virtual Fantasy Image
Caption:
A virtual fantasy image titled "Glasbaum."
This image was created using a ray tracing method. To create an image, the computer is provided with a description of the three-dimensional scene that is to be shown. The computer then simulates taking a photograph of the scene by tracing the paths of light rays as they bounce around in the virtual scene. The ray tracing method makes it possible to simulate visual effects such as the interplay of light sources and surfaces, shadows, reflection, and refraction. The scene descriptions can range from very simple arrangements of geometric objects like spheres, cylinders, cones, or triangles, to complex models. For example, those generated by computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging methods.
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| Credit: |
Image generated by Oliver Kreylos, Center for Image Processing and Integrated Computing (CIPIC), Univ. of California, Davis. This image does not show an actual C-60 Buckminsterfullerene molecule. |
| Year of Image: |
2000 |
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Categories:
MATERIALS RESEARCH / General
Formats Available:
Restrictions:
No additional restrictions--beyond NSF's general restrictions--have been placed on this image. For a list of general restrictions that apply to this and all images in the NSF Image Library, see the section "Conditions".
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