Radiosity rendering
by Xavier Michelon
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Introduction
Comparison
Principle
Equation
Solving
Advantages
Drawbacks
Conclusion
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Conclusion

You now know the basic principles of radiosity. I hop this article will have given you the will to go further and to experiment radiosity with Blender or Moonlight. You now what you can expect from a radiosity engine, and what you should not.

If you want to read more about Radiosity, here are two really good books dealing with the subject

Computer graphics : principles and practice
J. Foley
Addison-Wesley
This book should be the starting point for everyone interested in computer graphics. A section is dedicated to global illumination.

Radiosity & Global Illumination
F. Sillion
Morgan Kaufmann
All about radiosity. Very technical.