Basic HTML version of Foils prepared April 6 1997

Foil 87 Material Node - III

From VRML 2 Basic Concepts and Definitions CPS616 -- Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 97. by Zeynep Ozdemir(Geoffrey C. Fox)
transparency specifies the amount of tranparency as a factor between 0.0 and 1.0. A value 0.0 indicates that the corresponding shape is opaque and a value 1.0 indicates that the shape is completely transparent.
Diffuse reflection bounces light off a surface in random directions. Since rays bounces in a random directions, there will be a gentle and diffuse light on a shape without any glints, sparkles and highlights.
diffuseColor controls the RGB color of the light reflected by diffuse reflection.

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