Re: Shadows in the CAVE

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Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:59:25 -0800

This should be OK.

The shadow viewport and frustum are not dependent on the projection
frustum, however the field of view of a projective shadow is
constrained. You couldn't just add a point light source and expect it to
work, you'd have to have a spotlight.

Cheers,ANgus.

 Athanasios Gaitatzes wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I was wondering if shadows from pfLightSources possible in a CAVE
> environment where the FOV changes continuously? Has anybody ported the
> shadows.c example to work in a CAVE. The result I am getting is a dark
> scene with very low ambient lighting. Of course I have the FOV to a set
> value once and don't change it.
>
> Thank you.
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