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  Re: Another competition?  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 1 May 2004 10:51:15
Message: <4093b963$1@news.povray.org>
Paul Bourke wrote:

> 
> Are you sick of these competitions or is there still interest?

I think they are a great idea!

> 
> If the later then how about another in the near future, what about these options?
> 1. Limited geometry. eg: Create a scene with no more than 10 objects from
>    the following list: sphere, cylinder, cone, box.

Like it.  Texturing/lighting could make all the difference.  The sharp 
edges might be a limiting factor.

> 2. Special geometry. eg: Create a scene using only one high level primitive,
>    but as many of them as you like, for example: a supershape.

Not sure what high level primitive means.

> 3. Create a 3D scene which when rendered from a particular position forms an
>    image that tiles the plane.
>

Whoa!  Sounds tough.  But radical.

> Feel free to suggest others.

The common element between contests is that they are relatively short, 
simple, around a single limiting idea, that has more to do with process 
than subject?


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