I have it on good authority that the next generation of POVRay will be 
released on Easter Sunday.

You see, 3.7 was just a brilliant cover for what will be the greatest 
achievement in computer graphics history.

POVRay 4.0 will feature:

* True photon tracing, for ultra-realism
* Quantum surface simulation, Accurately scatters light
* Colors may now be defined in any number of models, including a new 
vector1000 type that will allow full spectrum lighting and surfaces
* Real fluorescence and phosphorescence (in animations) simulations
* Includes simulations for cloth, space-time fabric, and real gravity
* Integrated with an enhanced version of Moray
* True iridescent surface properties.
* Enhanced media adds realism
* Integrated particle simulation
* A new help feature: POVRay licenses Clippy from Microsoft

Of course, all these great features can't come for free. POVRay adopts a 
new licensing model. For home users it's only €4999.99, corporate and 
institutional users will have to pay more, call the POVTeam for details. 
  Students and educators can get the academic license for a cool €120.

System requirements

* Quad-core 64bit processor, minimum 4 GHz
* Any OS you want
* 128 GB of RAM
* 200 GB Hard disk space, 10 TB recommended.

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~Mike

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Aren't you a bit late - oh hang on, different time zone, damn world wide 
internet confusing everything.

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On 4/1/2009 5:11 AM, Mike Raiford wrote:
> * A new help feature: POVRay licenses Clippy from Microsoft

:)

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Try to be a *little* bit subtle, eh? :-P

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"Mike Raiford" <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> * A new help feature: POVRay licenses Clippy from Microsoft

Oh the Wiz is much better than that old paper clip ... especially when he
taps on the screen ;-)

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Invisible wrote:
> Try to be a *little* bit subtle, eh? :-P

I don't know subtlety... :D

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Try to be a *little* bit subtle, eh? :-P
> 
> I don't know subtlety... :D

Suddely I'm reminded of Flight of the Navigator...

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Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have it on good authority that the next generation of POVRay will be
> released on Easter Sunday.
>
> You see, 3.7 was just a brilliant cover for what will be the greatest
> achievement in computer graphics history.
>
> POVRay 4.0 will feature:
>
> * Includes simulations for cloth, space-time fabric, and real gravity

*Hopefully* this incorporates Einstein's General Theory equations with some nice
quantum additions, and not that old and deprecated Newtonian stuff. (Ugh,
backwards compatibility--who cares?! Out with the old, in with the new!) Oh,
and the POV team *should* have incorporated the Higgs field into it by now
(geez, how long do we have to wait??) If NOT, then maybe it's already time for
the 4.01 beta...

KW

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> POVRay 4.0 will feature:

All that, and oddly enough, it still doesn't have an interactive modeler.  ;-)

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Darren New wrote:

> All that, and oddly enough, it still doesn't have an interactive 
> modeler.  ;-)

Herasy!!

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Darren New wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> POVRay 4.0 will feature:
> 
> All that, and oddly enough, it still doesn't have an interactive 
> modeler.  ;-)
> 

Umm...

> * Integrated with an enhanced version of Moray 



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Darren New escreveu:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> POVRay 4.0 will feature:
> 
> All that, and oddly enough, it still doesn't have an interactive 
> modeler.  ;-)

Nor a Lisp SDL!!

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On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:22:11 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Darren New wrote:
>> Mike Raiford wrote:
>>> POVRay 4.0 will feature:
>> 
>> All that, and oddly enough, it still doesn't have an interactive
>> modeler.  ;-)
>> 
>> 
> Umm...
> 
>> * Integrated with an enhanced version of Moray

I think Darren didn't have his coffee again this morning. ;-)

Jim

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nemesis wrote:

> Nor a Lisp SDL!!

Oh come on, how hard can it possibly be to write one?

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On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:23:17 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> nemesis wrote:
> 
>> Nor a Lisp SDL!!
> 
> Oh come on, how hard can it possibly be to write one?

When you've finished, remember to post here. ;-)

Jim

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>>> Nor a Lisp SDL!!
>> Oh come on, how hard can it possibly be to write one?
> 
> When you've finished, remember to post here. ;-)

Hello? I don't know Lisp. :-P

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On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:42:44 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> Nor a Lisp SDL!!
>>> Oh come on, how hard can it possibly be to write one?
>> 
>> When you've finished, remember to post here. ;-)
> 
> Hello? I don't know Lisp. :-P

Better start learnin' then, otherwise that will make the task a lot more 
difficult. ;-)

Jim

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I like how is a trendy joke to make post like this on POV-Ray release 
hype :-D I believe it for a moment :-)

Cheers

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:42:44 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
>>>>> Nor a Lisp SDL!!
>>>> Oh come on, how hard can it possibly be to write one?
>>> When you've finished, remember to post here. ;-)
>> Hello? I don't know Lisp. :-P
> 
> Better start learnin' then, otherwise that will make the task a lot more 
> difficult. ;-)

There are several good implementations to choose from to embed into 
povray and interface with it.  It's the glue code to make that possible 
that gives me the shivers... ;)

Besides, it was as much of a joke as the OP. :)

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On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:21:42 -0300, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:42:44 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> Nor a Lisp SDL!!
>>>>> Oh come on, how hard can it possibly be to write one?
>>>> When you've finished, remember to post here. ;-)
>>> Hello? I don't know Lisp. :-P
>> 
>> Better start learnin' then, otherwise that will make the task a lot
>> more difficult. ;-)
> 
> There are several good implementations to choose from to embed into
> povray and interface with it.  It's the glue code to make that possible
> that gives me the shivers... ;)

:-)

> Besides, it was as much of a joke as the OP. :)

Well, of course, but don't tell Andy that!  He gets to learn Lisp out of 
the deal. :-)

Jim

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>> Besides, it was as much of a joke as the OP. :)
> 
> Well, of course, but don't tell Andy that!  He gets to learn Lisp out of 
> the deal. :-)

Meh. I already know enough Lisp to know that it's an ugly and messy 
language. :-P

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Invisible wrote:

> 
> Meh. I already know enough Lisp to know that it's an ugly and messy 
> language. :-P

Yes it is! and I only know a minimal amount. :)
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Mike Raiford wrote:

> * True photon tracing, for ultra-realism
> * Quantum surface simulation, Accurately scatters light
> * Colors may now be defined in any number of models, including a new 
> vector1000 type that will allow full spectrum lighting and surfaces
> * Real fluorescence and phosphorescence (in animations) simulations
> * Includes simulations for cloth, space-time fabric, and real gravity
> * Integrated with an enhanced version of Moray
> * True iridescent surface properties.
> * Enhanced media adds realism
> * Integrated particle simulation
> * A new help feature: POVRay licenses Clippy from Microsoft

Dang. All of that and I missed "Subsurface Scattering" which is now 
released with the latest beta of 3.7 ...

I'm still playing with it a bit. I want to update one of my scenes to 
use SSS as opposed to scattering media... but haven't gotten around to 
it yet, still prodding the thing to see what it can do.
-- 
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On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:06:57 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> Besides, it was as much of a joke as the OP. :)
>> 
>> Well, of course, but don't tell Andy that!  He gets to learn Lisp out
>> of the deal. :-)
> 
> Meh. I already know enough Lisp to know that it's an ugly and messy
> language. :-P

Well, it is that, but it has its uses as well. :-)

Jim

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Mike Raiford escreveu:
> Invisible wrote:
> 
>>
>> Meh. I already know enough Lisp to know that it's an ugly and messy 
>> language. :-P
> 
> Yes it is! and I only know a minimal amount. :)

You guys are talking about Common Lisp, not Scheme. ;)

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