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T-buffer: fast visualization of relativistic effects in space-time

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Ping-Kang Hsiung,

Robert H. Thibadeau,

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ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, Volume 24, Issue 2

Pages 83 - 88

https://doi.org/10.1145/91394.91423

Published: 01 February 1990 Publication History

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We have developed an innovative ray-tracing simulation algorithm to describe Relativistic Effects in SpaceTime ("REST"). Our algorithm, called REST-frame, models light rays that have assumed infinite speed in conventional ray-tracing to have a finite speed in spacetime, and uses the non-Newtonian Lorentz Transformation to relate measurements of a single event in different inertial coordinate systems (inertial frames). Our earlier work [5][6][7] explored the power of REST-frame as an experimentation tool to study the rich visual properties in natural world modeled by Special Relativity. Non-intuitive images of the anisotropic deformation ("warping") of space, the intensity concentration/spreading of light sources in spacetime, and the relativistic Doppler shift were visualized from our simulations.

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ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Volume 24, Issue 2

Mar. 1990

241 pages

ISSN:0097-8930

DOI:10.1145/91394

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I3D '90: Proceedings of the 1990 symposium on Interactive 3D graphics
February 1990
271 pages
ISBN:0897913515
DOI:10.1145/91385
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