Re: New 3D Game Rendering Method

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From: Ryan Alyn Porter
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:00

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S.A. Janczewski <fa...@faza.win.net> wrote in article
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> For a long time, I have felt that the existing 3D rendering methods are
> inefficient (especially for interactive games) and that a better,
> degrees of magnitude faster, universal rendering method could be found.

>From your documentation, I think that I see a problem: I don't think
that most people will consider five frames per second on a 200MHz 
Pentium Pro to be anywhere near "fast".

You seem to be describing raycasting. BTW, which is not really that
revolutionary.  Pretty screenshots, though.

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From: "Ryan Alyn Porter" <r...@endymion.com>
Subject: Re: New 3D Game Rendering Method
Date: 1996/11/19
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