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Environment mapping is cheaper than raytracing and works well when the reflective surface is planar or convex and there are no obvious sets of parallel lines in the reflection. In the top example the results from environment mapping compare favorably with raytracing, but in the lower example, the reflected lines of the ceiling tiles do not align with the actual ceiling.
