The paper discusses various aspects of the waved water surface and underwater bottom video representation simulation and also expands on the math models and algorithms of the following related tasks: waved water surface simulation; calculation of reflected and refracted rays directions in 3-D space; underwater caustics (extra illuminated areas) forming; refractive distortion of the bottom view account; reflected skylight addition.
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That was a really great article, but I think I'll have to delve into the mathematics a bit more to understand all of it. I think that's a good thing by the way.
**reads article**
**head explodes**
I think I'm going to have to save this for later digestion.
Looks interesting though.
If you haven't scene the trailers to Pixar's new movie, Nemo, go check it out at http://www.pixar.com . It is amazing at what they did
i like this new trend for scientific/numerical articles on osnews... in just the right amount... this one i'll forward to a friend, he'll love it!
keep it up osnews!
I love OS news and all but I usually come here for OS related stuff. I cant say if I would prefer you guys just stick to OSes, but I am also into graphics so I like this stuff too. This I will read again. Thanks guys.
Where can I find a copy of the "Breeze" demo application for download? I've checked the provided links, and they're either dead or non-applicable.
Is source available?
can this deal with changes in water temperature differentials? thanks! great article 
With these sorts of articles, it would be nice to also provide a link to download the actual .dvi file, so we can read it magnified in the comfort of our own xdvi. 
The "actual" file was a .doc, not .dvi. I don't have a dvi, neither a clue how to use Kile or something like it, to convert that .doc to .dvi.
Unfortunately demos 'Kepler' and 'Breeze' and their codes are not shared in the Internet yet. Don't look for them. We are discussing this issue.
I'm a physicist but I haven't understood in which connection water temperature differentials are here. Gravity waves simulation and geometrical optics only.
I'm delighted to see a scientific article here. OSNews.com is really innovative.
It makes me wish, that the present browser/newssite/forum system could handle maths and graphics better. The article should contain TeX or MathML instead of page facsimiles, commenters should provide images and maths as well instead of text+bold+italics markup.
Of course Slashdot proves that an army of trolls would immediatly abuse such expressiveness for rich trolling. Sigh.
As other posters said, it would be nice to play with the code.
But thanks for posting anyway!
Regards,
Marc
What sort of math topics should I consult in order to fully understand the breadth of this article, as I'm having some difficulty following the entire article?
TIA,
.Jen
Math.:
Fourier analysis; Fast Fourier transform.
Analytical geometry in 3-D space.
Physics:
Gravity waves.
Geometrical optics.