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3. Bounding Objects<br />

• Operations with objects are expensive!<br />

• Can we do a quick test with an<br />

approximation of the object?<br />

• Answer - yes!<br />

• Technique - approximation through<br />

“bounding volumes” or “extents”<br />

• avoid unnecessary clipping<br />

avoid unnecessary comparisons between<br />

objects or their projections<br />

© Machiraju/Zhang/Möller<br />

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