diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3f092501f..363d37994 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ -OpticSim.jl is a [Julia](https://julialang.org/) package for simulation and optimization of complex optical systems developed by the Microsoft Research Interactive Media Group and the Microsoft HART group. +OpticSim.jl is a [Julia](https://julialang.org/) geometric optics (ray tracing) package for simulation and optimization of complex optical systems developed by the Microsoft Research Interactive Media Group and the Microsoft HART group. It is designed to allow optical engineers to create optical systems procedurally and then to simulate and optimize them. Unlike Zemax, Code V, or other interactive optical design systems OpticSim.jl has limited support for interactivity, primarily in the tools for visualizing optical systems. diff --git a/docs/src/index.md b/docs/src/index.md index df570fa2f..e91fa0bf7 100644 --- a/docs/src/index.md +++ b/docs/src/index.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # OpticSim.jl -OpticSim.jl is a [Julia](https://julialang.org/) package for simulation and optimization of complex optical systems developed by the Microsoft Research Interactive Media Group and the Microsoft HART group. +OpticSim.jl is a [Julia](https://julialang.org/) package for geometric optics (ray tracing) simulation and optimization of complex optical systems developed by the Microsoft Research Interactive Media Group and the Microsoft HART group. It is designed to allow optical engineers to create optical systems procedurally and then to simulate and optimize them. Unlike Zemax, Code V, or other interactive optical design systems OpticSim.jl has limited support for interactivity, primarily in the tools for visualizing optical systems.