"Anthony D. Baye" <ant### [at] goldsdsmtedu> wrote in message 
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> I plan to do some further experimentation to see whether or not I can make 
> it more memory efficient, but I'm not holding my breath.

Wow, it looks nice.  This would look great as an animation zooming into the 
picture.

I did a brief experiment a while ago with the same idea, but mine was to be 
a 'hologram' projection.  I put a spotlight about every 10 pixels or so, but 
used a transparent block with the actual image mapped on it, with a grid 
'overlay' to shape the pixels.  I also tried a spherical ball with the right 
color, similar to your idea, but decided it looked too grainy.

Are you using a Union or difference?

So mine wouldn't show NEARLY your detail, but it did have the interesting 
effect of 'projecting' a blurred image into the viewers.  As near as I 
remember memory wasn't bad, but of course there were a lot of spotlights, 
which could have other bad effects.  I can't remember if I tried radiosity 
or not.

I also didn't post it anywhere ...

         == John ==

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