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Specular Reflection

Specular reflection, as distinct from diffuse reflection, is the type of reflection perceived when light is reflected off a surface as it would be from a mirror. Adding specular reception to metallic or shiny surfaces greatly aids realism and is a natural artefact of raycasting or raytracing lighting methods.

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Related Dictionary Entries for Specular Reflection:

Diffuse Reflection

Glossiness

Specular Highlight

Specular Reflection

Specularity

Specularity Map

SSS

Subsurface scattering









 

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Zen and the Art of Spiral-Carved, Green Marble Incense Burners
A humourous yet apt article on the materialness of a world. How can any world design be taken seriously, when there is no coded reflection of the material underpinnings of it?



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AR Gimmicks > Epson New Year Cards
Epson rounded off 2009 with a novel marketing strategy utilising virtual mirror technology. The standard type of kiosk-based visual AR, virtual mirrors utilise a camera and a large flatscreen display (the mirror) to superimpose virtual data upon the reflection returned. The idea? To create AR New Year's cards to send.



 

Industry News containing the Term Specular Reflection:

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(21/01/2009)
Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by over-activating a brain system that is involved in self-reflection, and thus causing an exaggerated focus on self, a new MIT and Harvard brain imaging study has ...


(01/04/2008)
(Press Release) Simthetiq Inc, 3d content provider for the simulation and serious game industry is releasing a free visual real-time 3d model, the Leopard C2A1 MEXAS, for all developers.

Simthetiq Inc. gives access to a real...


(10/09/2014)
As nocturnal animals, bats are perfectly adapted to a life without light. They emit echolocation sounds and use the delay between the reflected echoes to measure distance to obstacles or prey. In their brains, they have a spatial map repres...


(17/09/2009)
Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to smudge and cutting glare from sunli...


(19/08/2009)
Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to smudge and cutting glare from sunli...