Define here the geometry of the new light.
Directional
Directional lights emulate lights very far from the objects they
illuminate (as the Sun illuminating the Earth), so: 1) the light
beams can be considered as paralel; 2) the attenuation produced
by the distances between the objects is negligible, compared to
the attenuation produced by the distance from the source (the
intensity of the Sun light iluminating the top of a building
or a street nearby is approximately the same).
Directional lights are thus determined by the
x,
y,
z coordinates of the
Direction vector.
Positional
Positional lights emit from a single point into all directions,
with equal intensity. The attenuation in the beam intensity, from the
source to the objects might be already significant (the visibility
produced by street lights decreases rapidly with distance).
Positional lights are thus determined by the
x,
y,
z coordinates of the light
Position.
Spot
Spot lights differ from positional lights because they emit in a given
Direction, as in a lamp. The
Angle (beam aperture) between
this
Direction (the spot) and the light outer limit (the cutoff),
can vary between almost 0 degrees (as in a laser) and 90 degrees (as in
a ceilling light).
A spot light is thus determined by its position, direction and angle.
Direction,
Position,
Angle and
Attenuation
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