Very nice stuff on that webpage. It looks to me to be a mixture of
isosurface-type objects and media. Or just isosurface objects. They mention
"particles" constantly on the webpage. I would assume they are actually clumps
which are placed (and maybe merged together) to make the effects. Very cool
stuff indeed.

Samuel Benge


Equiprawn wrote:

>

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> If you want to see some examples of what voxels can do, take a look at
> http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/hv2/hv2.html . This is a Voxel
> plugin for Lightwave 3D (please don't kill me! I know it's a scanline
> renderer, but it was the only visual example of voxels I could find), and I
> think you will see how powerful voxels can be.
>
> So in summary, my questions are:
>
> 1) Is Povray's media engine a voxel based engine?
> 2) If it is, then how come the images on the Lightwave 3D page look much
> cleaner and more realistic than I have ever seen Povray do?
> 3) If Povray's media engine isn't a voxel based engine, what would be the
> benefits of converting it to one (ie, do voxels have any benefits over the
> current media implementation)?
> 4) Would it be difficult to implement this in a raytracer, or specifically
> in Povray?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Equiprawn
>
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