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alexz

How should we interpret "isotropic" and "anisotropic" here? "Isotropic" means reflection would be in every direction. For "anisotropic", reflection only appears in some specific directions. Is that right?

dawwctor

Building off of that, what exactly does the "directionality" of underlying surface refer to? Is it the direction of the reflected light or some special property of the incoming light?