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Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 4:56 PM UTC

luminiferous wrote: post #30

bajsejohannes wrote: post #21

Failed to make a laser: http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgfwAFABkBCwAZATgA/wAADwErAy...

Not a laser, but I did make a parabolic reflector: http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgfwAPAc4BCwHOATEA/wABygEQAd... EDIT: this is broken. Here is fixed: http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEghQANAekBFwHqAS4A/wAB5wEbAf...

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Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by Recoil42 » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

rickyconnolly wrote: post #25

You either die a hero... http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgfwAzAgIBhwHtAV7/AAAB7QFeAc...

Or live long enough to become the villain…

http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgfwAyAiQBFQHsAQAA/wACCQEDAd...

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by darkarmani » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 5:46 PM UTC

martindale wrote: post #28

I was unfortunately not able to reproduce the double-slit experiment.

I tried as well. It appears that these photons don't exhibit wavelike properties.

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by londont » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 6:47 PM UTC

This is beautiful!

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by araes » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 7:09 PM UTC

araes wrote: post #29

Piecewise, type-1, Wolter optics. From a useability perspective, I'd love the ability to either draw freehand lines, or splines. Also, a button / key to constantly keep the drawn lines visible would be nice. Amazingly cool little project though. http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgdwEuACQA+wBdAPsA/wAAXQD7AK...

Past the edit time, but one other one. The end of all things. Takes a few million rays to look reasonable. http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgiwCfAAMBuAAoAaeCAHwAKwGnAE...

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by inv » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 7:14 PM UTC

http://bit.ly/17JXnWm

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by bbatchelder » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

bajsejohannes wrote: post #21

Failed to make a laser: http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgfwAFABkBCwAZATgA/wAADwErAy...

Yep, first thing I tried was making an optical cavity.

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by bane » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 7:41 PM UTC

araes wrote: post #29

Piecewise, type-1, Wolter optics. From a useability perspective, I'd love the ability to either draw freehand lines, or splines. Also, a button / key to constantly keep the drawn lines visible would be nice. Amazingly cool little project though. http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgdwEuACQA+wBdAPsA/wAAXQD7AK...

if you mousehover over "undo" you can see the lines

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by araes » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 7:47 PM UTC

bane wrote: post #38

araes wrote: post #29

Piecewise, type-1, Wolter optics. From a useability perspective, I'd love the ability to either draw freehand lines, or splines. Also, a button / key to constantly keep the drawn lines visible would be nice. Amazingly cool little project though. http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgdwEuACQA+wBdAPsA/wAAXQD7AK...

if you mousehover over "undo" you can see the lines

I realize. And I used that extensively. But if you're trying to draw lots of little links, or complex geometry, you often end up highlighting lines w/ undo, fixing a location in your head, and then trying to pick it again when they go invisible. A constant visibility option would just streamline that.

Re: Zen Photon Garden - Ray Tracing in the Browser

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Post by bentcorner » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 8:14 PM UTC

araes wrote: post #35

araes wrote: post #29

Piecewise, type-1, Wolter optics. From a useability perspective, I'd love the ability to either draw freehand lines, or splines. Also, a button / key to constantly keep the drawn lines visible would be nice. Amazingly cool little project though. http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgdwEuACQA+wBdAPsA/wAAXQD7AK...

Past the edit time, but one other one. The end of all things. Takes a few million rays to look reasonable. http://zenphoton.com/#AAQAAkACAAEgiwCfAAMBuAAoAaeCAHwAKwGnAE...

That's beautiful.