- Eric Haines
Eric Haines is an
United States software engineer , expert incomputer graphics , specifically in image rendering. Currently he is withAutodesk, Inc. , leadsoftware engineer . He is a co-author of the book "Real-Time Rendering".Tomas Möller , Eric Haines, Tomas Akenine-Möller, "Real-Time Rendering", 2nd edition: 2002, 900pp. ISBN 1568811829
*1st edition: Tomas Möller , Eric Haines, "Real-Time Rendering", 1999, 512pp. ISBN 1-56881-101-2]Eric Haines earned M.S. in 1986 from
Cornell University (thesis: "The Light Buffer: A Ray Tracer Shadow Testing Accelerator"; an image created by software based on the thesis was use on the September 1986 cover of the "IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications " journal). [ [http://tog.acm.org/editors/erich/ Eric Haines professional webpage] at the ACM website]He authored chapters in the classical book "An Introduction to Ray Tracing" by
Andrew Glassner (ed). He published a number articles in computer graphics, some of which are included in the "Graphics Gems " series.Haines is on the editorial board of the "
Journal of Graphics Tools " and is an editor of the online forum of experts in ray tracing, "Ray Tracing News" (1988-2007) [ [http://tog.acm.org/resources/RTNews/html/ "Ray Tracing News Guide"] ]References
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