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Definition of Collision Detection

By David Bolton, About.com

Definition: One of the hardest problems in games and simulation development is collision detection. Multiple objects moving in 2d or 3d space could overlap and this has to be spotted without using excessive amounts of CPU power.

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Examples:
Shooting games need very precise collision detection
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