Re: Volume rendering on a 4D35

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From: Roy Hashimoto
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 04:45

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In article <1992Aug27.210047.29058@news.acns.nwu.edu> williams@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Gus Williams) writes:
>I can't seem to get volume rendering to work correctly.  I've
>played with the splat sizes, adjusted the colormaps, prayed
>to the computer gods, but nothing works.  I've decided that
>I just don't have the hardware for it (low computer self image).

You're right.  Rendering the transparent splats requires blending
capability.  For linear or gaussian splats, you also need hardware
that supports interpolating alpha across polygons.  I believe your
PI is not capable of either of these functions.

Roy Hashimoto
hashimoto@sgi.com

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