Re: WebFX's Sprite node

Cindy Reed ([email protected])
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:04:32 -0800

On Dec 12, 5:55pm, Mitra wrote:
> Mike, Greg
>
> Looks like this is, as Mathew says, a subset of my suggestion. Do you
feel
> my proposal would be significantly more complex? Do we need to do
both?
>
> One question - how is the size of the resulting image defined in the
Sprite
> node?
>
> - Mitra
>-- End of excerpt from Mitra

I wanted to comment that the biggest difference that I see is that
WebFX's Sprite uses a texture, and your Billboard uses a textured
polygon. I think this is an important distinction. I've found that
(apparent) download time is decesased if multiple textures are placed on
a single image which is then instanced to several objects. This practice
is commonly used on large scale VR projects. I'd sure like to be able to
use that with Billboard objects.

Cindy.

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