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mil01 wrote:
> Just one thing, where can I find some information on povray's
> team,developement and future ? :-)
we don't really have anything formal in terms of a definitive guide,
unfortunately.
-- Chris
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"Tor Olav Kristensen" <tor### [at] TOBEREMOVEDgmail com> schreef in bericht
news:454e7183$1@news.povray.org...
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> There are some old HOF-images here:
>
> ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Hall-Of-Fame/
>
Hey! That's nice!! Thanks you very much indeed :-)
Thomas
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Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
> > http://www.nationaltheatre.org/art/MillerMikeLaptop100h.jpg
> >
> > does anyone know if it's the same guy?
>
> unless he's changed quite a lot, I don't think that's him (though it's hard
> to tell at that size).
>
> -- Chris
DEFINATELY NOT the same guy! Not that I ever met him or saw a picture of
him. But somehow I'm sure that couldn't be Mike.
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> your post has excellent timing too, I am about to release a build today that
> has experimental real-time raytracing support, this is a first for us (apart
> from the easter egg). you may want to check out my post on the subject later
> on today.
Actually, I'm waiting for the multi-core processor version, now that I have
a dual-core. But man!... real-time raytracing? Who'd have dreamed of it
back when we first started this stuff?
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> There are some old HOF-images here:
>
> ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Hall-Of-Fame/
So cool! Thanks, Tor. You can bet that I'll be spending some time there
tonight!
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Dan Farmer <dmf### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Actually, I'm waiting for the multi-core processor version, now that I have
> a dual-core. But man!... real-time raytracing? Who'd have dreamed of it
> back when we first started this stuff?
<nitpicking>
Of course it all comes down to the *definition* of "real-time" raytracing.
If the only requirement is that the program is able to render a simple
scene at more than about 5 fps, the POV-Ray 3.6 could already do that in
a fast PC. What 3.7 does is to add SMP support (for using multiple processors)
and removing the repeated parsing. This means that more complex scenes can
be rendered at higher speeds.
It's not so much that "real-time raytracing is now possible" as more like
"it's now possible to raytrace animations with a moving camera faster than
before".
</nitpicking>
--
- Warp
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> Doug is also a 1970's graduate from CCAD
> (http://www.ccad.edu/alumni10-1970s.htm), like Mike, and knows povray and
> worked with Mike on a studio called "Head Spin Studios", which was headed
> by Mike according to http://moca.virtual.museum/miller.htm.
>
> here's proof, from Doug's previous (?) site:
> http://www.highenergygraphics.com/hienergy.php?stream=&fileID=49
>
> look at the cup logo.
>
> many coincidences? or just too much assumptions?... :))
I think that you just may have found something. The "Head Spin Studios"
name seems to ring a vague bell, and anyone would have to agree that the
cup logo sure looks like Mike's style. I just shot off an email to Doug
Miller asking him if he knew anything. Perhaps a relative of Mike's?
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"Dan Farmer" <dmf### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Hello. Some of you may know me, some of you may not. I was involved in the
> early days of POV-Ray and even DKB Trace. I'm afraid that I probably burned
> myself out after several years of not only creating traces, but doing
> CompuServe support and attempting in a limited way to add functionality to
> the POV-Ray source code, which I barely understood with my FoxPro and Basic
> background.
>
> I've stopped by a few times over the years, posted a couple of messages, and
> have frequently perused the competition sites. I have to tell all of you
> that I am SO blown away by how you're using POV-Ray, and by the
> mind-boggling features that have been added to it! We only used to DREAM
> of these days.
I'm real glad to hear from you, Dan! Thanks for helping POV-Ray become what
it is today. An awesome tool for both fun and learning useful skills
(artistic, techincal, and much more) not to mention producing beautiful
works of art.
> I wrote a suite of programs that rendered an image in
> slices on a network of 5 x286's and then pasted the slices together. It
> took all night to do an antialized 800x600 image of a glass sphere over a
> checker
> board!
>
Funny you should mention that! I had a similiar dream in 2004 and released
MegaPOV XRS this year. I'm glad I followed through and turned a rough
prototype into a useful tool for others too. I learned so much in the
process and I enjoy having something to share with others. And yeah,
renders still take all night
;-)
Still, you beat me to the punch :D
My first computer was an Amiga 2000, and that wasn't until 1993! I only
switched to the PC in 1997 (After getting an A1200 and upgrading it all the
way to an '060 tower). Now I'm thinking of 'switching' to a different
computer...
See MegaPOV XRS on my site: http://www.gammaburst.net
> Enough war stories... I just had to say that I am so very glad to see that
> my dream of a free and totally state-of-the-art raytracer has flourished.
> I also must blushingly admit that I have felt much pride in noticing many
> of my now humble old scene files still proudly available as samples.
>
I use your scene files a lot for my tests! :-)
> I doubt that I will ever get back to creating my own scenes. I'd have to
> start back at square #1, and there are now so many new squares on this
> checkerboard now! Still, looking at what you've all done with what David
> started, and Drew, Chris, and so many others continued has been a very rare
> and precious experience. And I must also thank Chris Cason. He has taken
> this project to places we never dreamed of. Thanks, buddy!
>
You never know until you try! :-)
> Dan Farmer
Regards,
George
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By the way, some of you may remember Bob Schadewald. Unfortunately, Bob
passed away a couple of years ago. He lived only a few miles from me, so I
had the opportunity to visit with this amazing guy several times.
http://www.lhup.edu/~DSIMANEK/schadew.htm
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/art.htm (Scroll down a bit for Bob's
stuff)
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damn! so many Mike Millers out there! :P
still more detective work...
Unfortunately, the Doug in the highenergygraphics is actually Douglas Dodd,
not Miller. He's not the same grauate from CCAD. I should've researched
better. Though i think he definetely worked with Mike, as in his resume:
http://www.highenergygraphics.com/drdResume.htm
I asked him in an email and never got an answer.
Still, my best bet would be that Mike Miller is actually the professor in
CCAD. I wish i knew his email there... The Doug Miller graduate from CCAD
and responsible for the webdesign of the journal that featured professor
Mike Miller from CCAD has this webpage, with email address in it:
http://home.columbus.rr.com/dougmiller/
the first Mike Miller i posted is not him, really, as he answered my email.
:)
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