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10 Aug 2024 23:26:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: PovRay and reality  
From: Fabian Brau
Date: 21 Oct 1999 10:07:44
Message: <380F2C98.7C213515@umh.ac.be>
Ok e-mail to univeristies to say "stop these researches, this doesn't interest
anybody" ;)

Fabian

aDifferentSimon wrote:

> Gilles Tran wrote in message <380DEA3D.9CCF3BAD@inapg.inra.fr>...
> >An interesting and educational challenge, because it may show how large is
> >the gap between photographic reality and what we call "photorealism" in
> >3D...
>
> But, hey, if I wanted something that looked like a photograph, I'd use a
> camera. Who says that an image representing a real scene has to look
> photographic? The necessity becomes even less certain when you consider
> unreal scenes, as so many PoV-heads love to do. What added benefit would
> there be in an "ultra-photo-realistic" Klein bottle, for example?
>
> It's strange that so many of us obsess about radiosity when we can't even
> spell accurately. ;)
> --
> S.


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