Re: [Algorithms] Bicubic normals for a bicubic world

[John S. <jse...@ho...>]

I'm doing an adaptive subdivision, so I have no idea how far I'm going to be
subdividing going in.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Akbar A." <sye...@ea...>
To: <gda...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 10:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Algorithms] Bicubic normals for a bicubic world


> hmm,
> if you know what your going to be subdividing too, what about a
precalculate
> lookup method for the normal data? then once you hit a certain subdivision
> level, you just look up the normal in the precalculate array?
>
> i guess you have to make one of those trade off decisions. lots of memory
> versus cpu cycles in the real time sector.
>
> isn't it acm's job to keep track of the siggraph papers?
>
> peace.
> akbar A.
>
> "We want technology for the sake of the story, not for its own sake. When
> you look back, say 10 years from now, current technology will seem quaint"
> Pixars' Edwin Catmull.
>