Eric Haines

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Eric Haines is an United States software engineer, expert in computer graphics, specifically in image rendering. Currently he is with Autodesk, Inc., lead software engineer.[1] He is a co-author of the book Real-Time Rendering.[1]

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).[2]

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)[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ Eric Haines professional webpage at the ACM website
  3. ^ "Ray Tracing News Guide"