A retrospective of shadows in 3D games
A retrospective of illusions, in other words
Real-time ray-tracing is the hot thing in video games, but the reality is that what you see in those worlds has generally been a collection of ingenious physical and visual shortcuts, approximations and illusions crafted to make you think it's all being rendered in light. At 30fps.net, Pekka Väänänen takes us on a retrospectiv…
