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		_flux on Feb 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Online Lens/Optics Simulator So I'm quite uninformed on the topic, but why can't modern path tracing raytracers do this? They don't help with calculating positions, though, but might they still be suitable for checking the results?

zokier on Feb 25, 2023 [–]

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