Other Ray-Primitive Intersections

• Cone, cylinder, ellipsoid:

  • Similar to sphere

• Box

  • Intersect 3 front-facing planes, return closest

• Convex polygon

  • Same as triangle (check point-in-polygon algebraically)

• Concave polygon

  • Same plane intersection
  • More complex point-in-polygon test

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