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12-Jan-86 10:06:37
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Fm: Jez San @ Argonaut S/W 72247,3661
To: TIM JENISON 71515,710
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I'm not aware of any literature on Incremental Fills.. its a phrase that sort
of 'came about' with myself and other interested people talking about the
same subject… the name sort of 'grew!' The actual technique may be called
something else totally in American literature. Look up Watkins algorithms
for hidden surface removal in a graphics textbook, like Foley/Van Dam.. or
Newmann and Sproull. It says the sort of rough idea.. but you can take it a
lot FURTHER than that! It'll take me another 2 months to finish development
on an incremental system, the main reason for the huge delay being that I've
got to finish off my current game 'StarGlider' while doing development on new
ideas… and unfortunately 'PAID WORK' takes priority over algorithm
development.