GNU Octave is an Excellent Open Source Alternative to MatLab
June 11, 2012
Often it is necessary in lens design tolerancing to go beyond the standard default irregularity tolerances. This is particularly the case when working with aspheric surfaces. The random surface error data files needed in CodeV are easily generated using open source GNU Octave.
GNU Octave
Wave Aberration Single Picture Stereograms
June 8, 2012
Jim Wyant at the Optical Sciences Center has some cool resources for visualization of Zernike ploynomial wavefront maps.
OSC Jim Wyant Page
Optical Society of Southern California Meeting June 13, 2012
June 8, 2012
OSSC Annual business meeting, announcement of election results, the induction of new OSSC Fellows, and a presentation on:
Uses of Physically-Based Light-Material Interaction Models in Videogame and Feature Film Computer Graphics
-by Naty Hoffman, Activision, Santa Monica, CA
OSSC Annual Meeting Information
Interesting Articles and Industry News Coming Soon
June 5, 2012
The news page went up today after a weekend of diving into SQL. Stay tuned.