16bit Normal Vectors Compression using Spherical Coordinate

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A simple method for encoding and decoding 3D unit vectors to a 16bit value using C#

Normals are unit vectors that are used widely for realtime 3D rendering but consist of 3 float (96bit) and often, there is no need to use high precision.

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16bit Normal Vectors Compression using Spherical Coordinate

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