Something else to consider with your report above from 1998 is Mike Muuss. Mike Muuss is the guy who wrote "ping", and most everyone in the world has that nifty little tool on their PC.
Mike Muuss also worked for ARL on the "Paint The Night" program:
http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/papers/99mssg/sld007.htm
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Advantages of a Ray-Tracing SIG
Allows reflection, refraction:
Windshields, glints.
Branch reflections, 3-5.
Atmospheric attenuation, scattering.
Individual path integrals.
Accurate shadows:
Haze, clouds, smoke.
Multiple light sources:
Sunlight, flare, spotlight.
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Now, keep in mind, this is 1998 technology, but it is on par with what we saw in video games about 3 years ago:
Mike Muuss, however, is another one of those dead scientists we have talked about
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Muuss
Quote:
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Muuss died in a car crash on US Interstate 95 on November 20, 2000. The Michael J. Muuss Research Fellowship, set up by friends and family of Muuss, memorializes him at Johns Hopkins University.[2]
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http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/