shadowcasting noun3 •The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model.A different shadowcasting arrangement results when light rays are oriented oblique to the picture plane. In this situation actual and bearing rays appear to vanish in perspective. — 1979 •A technique in which an incident ray at a small angle to the horizontal casts a shadow, thus making an object easier to see. •The live amateur performance of a film by a group of people at the same time as watching the film.
