What's the \phi here? and why do we have a sin(\theta)?
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How do you compute this efficiently? Wouldn't you need to shoot rays in all directions from the point to see if anything is blocking the source?
@anonymous https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/188490/why-is-the-differential-solid-angle-have-a-sin-theta-term-in-integration-in-s
What's the \phi here? and why do we have a sin(\theta)?
Solved by Surface Integral...
How do you compute this efficiently? Wouldn't you need to shoot rays in all directions from the point to see if anything is blocking the source?
@anonymous https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/188490/why-is-the-differential-solid-angle-have-a-sin-theta-term-in-integration-in-s