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Pages: 477 - 494

Year of Publication: 1997

ISBN:0-89791-896-7

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Donald P. Greenberg	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
Kenneth E. Torrance	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
Peter Shirley	Department of Computer Science, University of Utah
James Arvo	Department of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology
Eric Lafortune	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
James A. Ferwerda	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
Bruce Walter	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
Ben Trumbore	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
Sumanta Pattanaik	Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY
Sing-Choong Foo	Blue Sky Studios, Harrison, NY and Program of Computer Graphics, Cornell University, 580 Frank H.T. Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY

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SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

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ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. New York, NY, USA

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