Why is it that about 90% of the images I see on the 'net' created with POV
are either about a space vehicle or space in general, or something out of
Star Wars??  Not complaining, but just curious as to why?

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"Mike Weber" <mwe### [at] racal-pelagoscomx> wrote:
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> Why is it that about 90% of the images I see on the 'net' created with POV
> are either about a space vehicle or space in general, or something out of
> Star Wars??  Not complaining, but just curious as to why?

Well, from what I've seen, POV-Ray users tend to be fairly technology-
oriented (especially the ones who do most of their modelling by hand),
and there seems to be a fairly large intersection between high-tech
people and readers of science fiction.  (Indeed, a number of computer
programmers became interested in the field through science fiction.)

Since people tend to model scenes of personal interest to them, I
suppose it's not that surprising to see a high percentage of science-
fiction themes.  (It's pretty funny to see the way people try to justify
entering SF images in the IRTC, though.)

Personally, I've used POV-Ray for about two years now, but I only
created my first SF-themed image this month.  It's not that the topic
didn't interest me before now, but after seeing the stuff produced by
people like Taura Learfox, I decided to wait until I had enough
familiarity with POV-Ray's capabilities, in order to avoid embarrassing
myself.  :-)



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Jeff Lee wrote:

> Well, from what I've seen, POV-Ray users tend to be fairly technology-
> oriented (especially the ones who do most of their modelling by hand),
> and there seems to be a fairly large intersection between high-tech
> people and readers of science fiction.  (Indeed, a number of computer
> programmers became interested in the field through science fiction.)

I fit this stereotype perfectly. I'm a network engineer, I have
a home LAN running Linux, and I read a ton of science fiction.
I'm in the middle of creating a science-fiction themed short
film using povray. :)

Oh well. :)

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"Mike Weber" <mwe### [at] racal-pelagoscomx> writes:

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> Why is it that about 90% of the images I see on the 'net' created with POV
> are either about a space vehicle or space in general, or something out of
> Star Wars??  Not complaining, but just curious as to why?

Well, that depends on where you find your images... On the IRTC site, the
rate is not so high, I believe. Maybe because the theme is imposed?

Roland.
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FWIW:  My guess is that POV is a good way to see things you can't normally
see in real life, or point a camera at.  It might be fun to model a tree,
but I can look out my window and see a tree.  What I want to see are the
things I can only dream of seeing in real life.

--Gary.

Mike Weber <mwe### [at] racal-pelagoscomx> wrote in article
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> Why is it that about 90% of the images I see on the 'net' created with
POV
> are either about a space vehicle or space in general, or something out of
> Star Wars??  Not complaining, but just curious as to why?
>

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Well check out my gallery, there are NO space ships!!!  I've never really
bothered to make one, I think it's because I've seen so many other pictures
of them that I wanted to do something different.

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>Why is it that about 90% of the images I see on the 'net' created with POV
>are either about a space vehicle or space in general, or something out of
>Star Wars??  Not complaining, but just curious as to why?
>
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views
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Mike Weber wrote:
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> Why is it that about 90% of the images I see on the 'net' created
> with POV are either about a space vehicle or space in general, or
> something out of Star Wars??  Not complaining, but just curious as
> to why?

Two reasons:

1.  More general interest in the topic.

2.  Space ships are easier to model than trees and jellyfish.

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