shadow volumes

A form of shadow volume — The spatial volume resulting from the projection of a ray from a light source through each vertex of a shadow-casting object to some point (generally at infinity); used in adding accurate shadows to a rendered scene.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shadow volume
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