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The source code has also been released; the game is still being sold on CD, but the open source version contains the full game content. Boppin' 1994 2005 [29] Puzzle Amiga, DOS Apogee Software: Castle Infinity: 1996 2000 MMOG: Windows: Starwave: Castle of the Winds: 1989 1998 [30] Role-playing video game: Windows 3.x: Epic MegaGames: Caves of ...
Buddha rays [2] God rays, used by some members of the computer graphics industry [10] Jacob's Ladder [2] Light shafts, sometimes used in the computer graphics industry, such as the game engine Unreal Engine [11] Ropes of Maui, originally taura a Maui – from the Maori tale of Maui Potiki restraining the sun with ropes to make the days longer [2]
Examples of volumetric lighting are seeing sunbeams shining through a window and seeing sunbeams radiating when the Sun is below the horizon, also known as crepuscular rays. The term seems to have been introduced from cinematography and is now widely applied to 3D modeling and rendering , especially in the development of 3D video games .
Crepuscular rays are noticeable when the contrast between light and dark is most obvious. Crepuscular comes from the Latin word crepusculum, meaning "twilight". [2] Crepuscular rays usually appear orange because the path through the atmosphere at dawn and dusk passes through up to 40 times as much air as rays from a high Sun at noon.
Sunbeam Products is an American company founded in 1897 that has produced electric home appliances under the Sunbeam name since 1910. Its products have included the Mixmaster mixer , the Sunbeam CG waffle iron , Coffeemaster (1938–1964) [ 2 ] and the fully automatic T20 toaster .
Sunlight forms a light beam (a sunbeam) when filtered through media such as clouds, foliage, or windows. To artificially produce a light beam, a lamp and a parabolic reflector is used in many lighting devices such as spotlights, car headlights, PAR Cans, and LED housings. Light from certain types of laser has the smallest possible beam divergence.
The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small supermini three-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland, from 1977 to 1981. The Sunbeam's development was funded by a UK Government grant with the aim of keeping the Linwood plant running, and the small car was based on the larger Hillman Avenger, also manufactured there.
A Sunbeam Mk III was outright winner of the 1955 Monte Carlo Rally. In the Alpine Rally, Stirling Moss won a 'Coupe d'Or' (Gold cup) for three consecutive penalty-free runs in 1952, 1953 and 1954. The first in a Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Mk II and the latter two in the Sunbeam Alpine derivative. The Sunbeam-Talbot team of Mk IIs won the team prize in 1952.