Polygon (computer graphics)

<h2 id="competing-methods-for-rendering-polygons-that-avoid-seams">Competing methods for rendering polygons that avoid seams</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Decimal_separator/t6ocVouk">Point</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Floating_point/eIckahxe">Floating Point</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fixed-point_arithmetic/pd3RU72P">Fixed-Point</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Polygon/yAq7RjPz">Polygon</a></li>
<li>because of <a href="/facts/Rounding/rCLYXN00">rounding</a>, every <a href="/facts/Scanline/3JEKoDRr">scanline</a> has its own direction in space and may show its front or back side to the viewer.</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Fraction_(mathematics)/ghnQE9B3">Fraction (mathematics)</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Bresenham%27s_line_algorithm/G1fcMKEF">Bresenham's line algorithm</a></li>
<li>Polygons have to be split into <a href="/facts/Triangle/cRXUwsMn">triangles</a></li>
<li>The whole triangle shows the same side to the viewer</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Decimal_separator/t6ocVouk">point</a> numbers from the <a href="/facts/Transform_and_lighting/wnDkGH4W">Transform and lighting</a> stage have to converted to <a href="/facts/Fraction_(mathematics)/ghnQE9B3">Fraction (mathematics)</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Barycentric_coordinates_(mathematics)/ymlRaudU">Barycentric coordinates (mathematics)</a>
<ul><li>Used in <a href="/facts/Ray_tracing_(graphics)/n6qpap2q">raytracing</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Low_poly/a2oI9FHR">Low poly</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Polygon/yAq7RjPz">Polygon</a>, for general polygon information</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Polygon_mesh/6WLD80ER">Polygon mesh</a>, for polygon object representation</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Polygon_modeling/lhEsjXWc">Polygon modeling</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Bailey, Kat (Apr 18, 2016). "Star Fox's History of Innovation, For Better or Worse". usgamer. Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2022-07-17. Developed in part by Argonaut Software, a studio that included a young Dylan Cuthbert, it pushed the Super Nintendo to the absolute limits. It looks dated now, but at the time Star Fox's polygonal graphics were sleek and cool, and well beyond anything available on the competition <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221022152538/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/star-foxs-history-of-innovation-for-better-or-worse" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20221022152538/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/star-foxs-history-of-innovation-for-better-or-worse</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Heckbert, Paul S. (1994). "Polygons and Polyhedra". In Heckbert, Paul S. (ed.). Graphics Gems IV. Vol. 4. Morgan Kaufmann. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-12-336155-4.{{cite book}}:  CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link) <a href="978-0-12-336155-4" target="_blank">978-0-12-336155-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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