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rndn on Jan 11, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: WebGL Water Simulator

Does anyone happen to know what the effect is called that the sky is reflected stronger at shallow angles and whether that is the same effect which makes rough surfaces reflective at very shallow angles?

sibsibsib on Jan 11, 2015 [–]

the fresnel effect. http://filmicgames.com/archives/557

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