POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : What is POV? : Re: What is POV? Server Time
2 Oct 2024 16:27:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: What is POV?  
From: Artemia Salina
Date: 13 May 2000 12:49:20
Message: <391D7B42.6785A5F9@sheayright.com>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Brendan Hurley wrote:
> 
> > This is a very clear explaination of this effect.  But, to continue this
> > off-topic discussion, why did the creators of this renderer choose this
> > name for the program that is mostly used to produce still life
> > snapshots?
> 
> A good question. I'll see if I can find out.

Yes. When I first heard of POV-ray, I thought the POV stood for
Point Of View. Still seems more appropriate than Persistence Of Vision.


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