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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 05:05:07
Message: <44002bd3@news.povray.org>
Indeed, this has been done before, but for a little story I have in my mind,
I wanted to test a couple of tricks in Moray. The result is rather nice I
believe, so I thought I would share.

Thomas


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From: Orchid XP v2
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 05:14:58
Message: <44002e22$1@news.povray.org>
Ah yes, the power to bend the mind...

Not the colours I would have chosen, but still. ;-)

I wonder how long it will be before somebody animates this stuff? :-P


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 05:52:08
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Indeed, this has been done before, but for a little story I have in my mind,
> I wanted to test a couple of tricks in Moray. The result is rather nice I
> believe, so I thought I would share.

   The shadow does not match the figure too well.
   Perhaps you should create a fake shadow which at least seems to
match the figure?


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 08:41:23
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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> schreef in bericht
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>
>    The shadow does not match the figure too well.
>    Perhaps you should create a fake shadow which at least seems to
> match the figure?

True for the third branch of the triangle... There is already one fake
shadow present here. The third one is not easy, but feasible, yes.

Thomas


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 08:46:09
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"Orchid XP v2" <voi### [at] devnull> schreef in bericht
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> Ah yes, the power to bend the mind...
>
> Not the colours I would have chosen, but still. ;-)
>
Ah, colours! Well, I want the triangle to be wood anyway. The tiles can be
anything.

> I wonder how long it will be before somebody animates this stuff? :-P
Hmm... not easy because you have to align correctly two aspects of the
triangle at the same time in reference to the camera: The alignment of the
branches, and the cutting plane that creates the illusion. I won't try that!
To complicated for my shaky capabilities :-)

Thomas


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From: Orchid XP v2
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 08:59:19
Message: <440062b7$1@news.povray.org>
>>I wonder how long it will be before somebody animates this stuff? :-P
> 
> Hmm... not easy because you have to align correctly two aspects of the
> triangle at the same time in reference to the camera: The alignment of the
> branches, and the cutting plane that creates the illusion. I won't try that!
> To complicated for my shaky capabilities :-)

If you animate it, the parallex will show how far each point *really* is 
from the camera. I'd like to see somebody pull _that_ off without 
breaking the illusion. ;-)


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 09:21:02
Message: <440067ce@news.povray.org>
I had been following another stream of thoughts, but this fools the eyes
much better!!!

Thomas


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 09:23:07
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"Orchid XP v2" <voi### [at] devnull> schreef in bericht
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>
> If you animate it, the parallex will show how far each point *really* is
> from the camera. I'd like to see somebody pull _that_ off without
> breaking the illusion. ;-)

Yes indeed, and I think you will have to adapt the "thickness" of the limbs
continuously too...

Thomas


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From: Jellby
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 12:28:23
Message: <qm26d3-na7.ln1@badulaque.unex.es>
Among other things, Thomas de Groot saw fit to write:

> Indeed, this has been done before, but for a little story I have in my
> mind, I wanted to test a couple of tricks in Moray. The result is rather
> nice I believe, so I thought I would share.

Hmm... looks familiar[*]

As Warp mentioned, the shadows are a bit strange, but I don't know if you
can have realistic shadows for an impossible object. Anyway it seems you're
using a perspective camera, and that's a good thing.

[*] See signature ;-)

-- 
light_source{9+9*x,1}camera{orthographic look_at(1-y)/4angle 30location
9/4-z*4}light_source{-9*z,1}union{box{.9-z.1+x clipped_by{plane{2+y-4*x
0}}}box{z-y-.1.1+z}box{-.1.1+x}box{.1z-.1}pigment{rgb<.8.2,1>}}//Jellby


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From: Bob Hughes
Subject: Re: A little visit to Escher space
Date: 25 Feb 2006 12:46:17
Message: <440097e9$1@news.povray.org>
"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote in message 
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>I had been following another stream of thoughts, but this fools the eyes
> much better!!!

Does indeed. A well done illusion. I wonder of the shadow of the short 
horizontal piece could actually be moved away at the right side? The other 
half of its illusion would put it into the air instead of being flat against 
the tabletop. I'm probably not thinking of a good alternate placement for 
that shadow though. It looks fine to me now.

Bob H


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