Sunflow
Encyclopedia
Sunflow is an open source
global illumination
rendering system written in Java
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The current status of the project is unknown, but the last announcement on the program's official page was made in 2007.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
global illumination
Global illumination
Global illumination is a general name for a group of algorithms used in 3D computer graphics that are meant to add more realistic lighting to 3D scenes...
rendering system written in Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
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The current status of the project is unknown, but the last announcement on the program's official page was made in 2007.