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(L) [2014/04/13] [tby ingenious] [Caustics causing trouble in London] Wayback!

A bit old, but awesome -- a curved reflective building in London casting a caustic on a street, heating the area to up to 93 degrees Celsius  [SMILEY :D]
News report (video): [LINK http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2013/sep/03/london-walkie-talkie-skyscraper-video]
Melted car (pics): [LINK http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2409073/Walkie-Talkie-melted-Jag-Londons-Fenchurch-Street-skyscraper-melts-businessmans-car.html]

(L) [2014/04/14] [tby beason] [Caustics causing trouble in London] Wayback!

The Disney concert hall in Los Angeles causes similar problems for nearby buildings. Maybe to a lesser degree (hee hee).

(L) [2014/04/15] [tby toshiya] [Caustics causing trouble in London] Wayback!

All architectural designers seriously need to use a rendering algorithm that can properly handle caustics!
# In my office, caustics from a mirror like building on the other side are trying to burn my eyes during sunny days.

(L) [2014/04/15] [tby ingenious] [Caustics causing trouble in London] Wayback!

>> toshiya wrote:All architectural designers seriously need to use a rendering algorithm that can properly handle caustics!
Shameless self-promotion!  [SMILEY :mrgreen:]

(L) [2015/03/21] [tby koiava] [Caustics causing trouble in London] Wayback!

nice article from iRay team. They took into account the advice of ingenious [SMILEY :)]
Nice work guys! [SMILEY :D]
[LINK http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2015/03/19/ray-tracing-death-ray/]
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