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From: clipka
Subject: Awesome Machine
Date: 3 Apr 2012 09:04:46
Message: <4f7af56e$1@news.povray.org>
Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 3 Apr 2012 13:43:49
Message: <4f7b36d5$1@news.povray.org>
clipka escreveu:
> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo

blocked at work, but assuming it's not a rolex...


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From: JimT
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 07:20:01
Message: <web.4f7d7f591cef4f14be7517870@news.povray.org>
nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> clipka escreveu:
> > Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
>
> blocked at work, but assuming it's not a rolex...

It's not a rolex....

.....but it looks procedurally generated.

I think I can see how to do it in POV-Ray - or am I missing something? Very
enjoyable.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 08:12:12
Message: <4f7d8c1c@news.povray.org>
On 03/04/2012 02:04 PM, clipka wrote:
> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:

Oh, this again.

What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?


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From: Kevin Wampler
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 11:47:31
Message: <4f7dbe93$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/5/2012 5:12 AM, Invisible wrote:
> What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?

1) You can tell just by looking.

2) It's easy to find a list of the software they use, and POV-Ray isn't 
on it.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 11:49:14
Message: <4f7dbefa$1@news.povray.org>
On 05/04/2012 04:47 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> On 4/5/2012 5:12 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?
>
> 1) You can tell just by looking.

Are you seriously saying "you can tell by the pixels"?

> 2) It's easy to find a list of the software they use, and POV-Ray isn't
> on it.

OK, that would be a valid reason.


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From: Kevin Wampler
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 11:52:58
Message: <4f7dbfda$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/5/2012 8:49 AM, Invisible wrote:
> On 05/04/2012 04:47 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>> On 4/5/2012 5:12 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?
>>
>> 1) You can tell just by looking.
>
> Are you seriously saying "you can tell by the pixels"?
>

In the sense that making any such comment about a digital image or video 
amounts to "I can tell by the pixels", yes.


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From: Nekar Xenos
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 16:40:31
Message: <op.wca7pjryufxv4h@xena>
On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:04:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo

I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw

Wow!

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 16:52:22
Message: <4f7e0606$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:49:14 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?
>>
>> 1) You can tell just by looking.
> 
> Are you seriously saying "you can tell by the pixels"?

It looks more like it was done in Blender's renderer to me.  There are 
characteristics in generation software that do tend to produce a certain 
kind of lighting characteristic or texturing characteristic that seem to 
be fairly consistent.

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 16:53:56
Message: <4f7e0664@news.povray.org>
On 05/04/2012 9:40 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:04:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>
>> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
>
> I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw
>
> Wow!
>

Funny, I could not hear the sound of the pneumatics.
Oh! And do you think that Intel had anything to do with it?


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From: Kevin Wampler
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 17:38:21
Message: <4f7e10cd$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/5/2012 1:40 PM, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:04:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>
>> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
>
> I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw
>
> Wow!
>

Totally awesome, thanks for tracking that down!


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 20:22:27
Message: <4f7e3743$1@news.povray.org>
Am 05.04.2012 14:12, schrieb Invisible:

> What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?

Just a "gut feeling" from what they write on their website.


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 5 Apr 2012 22:30:08
Message: <4f7e5530$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/3/2012 6:04, clipka wrote:
> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:

I always thought it would be awesome fun to write the program that 
calculates those visuals. Sync the animation to the music and stuff like that.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 6 Apr 2012 02:24:02
Message: <4f7e8c01@news.povray.org>
Nekar Xenos <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:04:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

> > Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo

> I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw

  Life imitates art?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 6 Apr 2012 04:59:05
Message: <4f7eb059$1@news.povray.org>
On 06/04/2012 03:30 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/3/2012 6:04, clipka wrote:
>> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>
> I always thought it would be awesome fun to write the program that
> calculates those visuals. Sync the animation to the music and stuff like
> that.

Not in realtime though. It needs to fire each ball a second or so 
/before/ the note sounds. ;-)


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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 6 Apr 2012 04:59:30
Message: <4f7eb072$1@news.povray.org>
> I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw
>
> Wow!

I found this significantly less impressive than expected.


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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 7 Apr 2012 08:05:08
Message: <4f802d74$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2012-04-05 11:53, Kevin Wampler a écrit :
> On 4/5/2012 8:49 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> On 05/04/2012 04:47 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
>>> On 4/5/2012 5:12 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>>> What makes you think it isn't POV-Ray?
>>>
>>> 1) You can tell just by looking.
>>
>> Are you seriously saying "you can tell by the pixels"?
>>
>
> In the sense that making any such comment about a digital image or video
> amounts to "I can tell by the pixels", yes.

So I guess you've seen quite a few images in your days...

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 7 Apr 2012 13:31:02
Message: <4f8079d6@news.povray.org>
On 4/6/2012 1:59, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 06/04/2012 03:30 AM, Darren New wrote:
>> On 4/3/2012 6:04, clipka wrote:
>>> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>>
>> I always thought it would be awesome fun to write the program that
>> calculates those visuals. Sync the animation to the music and stuff like
>> that.
>
> Not in realtime though. It needs to fire each ball a second or so /before/
> the note sounds. ;-)

That's the point, yes. :-) That's the sort of thing that would make it fun.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 8 Apr 2012 21:56:23
Message: <4f8241c7$1@news.povray.org>
Em 06/04/2012 03:24, Warp escreveu:
> Nekar Xenos<nek### [at] gmailcom>  wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:04:43 +0200, clipka<ano### [at] anonymousorg>  wrote:
>
>>> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo
>
>> I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:
>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw
>
>    Life imitates art?

no doubt!

much awesomeness in the original video and the real world replica by 
Intel...


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 9 Apr 2012 14:50:23
Message: <4f832f6f$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid Win7 v1 escreveu:
>> I followed the lead of the last comment and found the real thing:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCIkbr9HCcw
>>
>> Wow!
> 
> I found this significantly less impressive than expected.

you're a weird geek.


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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 9 Apr 2012 15:20:38
Message: <4f833686$1@news.povray.org>
>> I found this significantly less impressive than expected.
>
> you're a weird geek.

Well, since geeks are by definition weird... :-P

I think it's the fact that the balls don't actually make any sound, they 
just trigger an electronic sensor which then plays the sound. I mean, 
the computer could trigger the sound even if the ball doesn't hit, and 
fake the whole thing.

It would be /far/ more impressive if the physical impact of the balls 
actually make a real sound, with no electronic trickery. (On the other 
hand, I suspect it would be difficult to put the necessary kinetic 
energy into the ball without firing it half way across the building 
first...)


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From: Le Forgeron
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 9 Apr 2012 16:01:15
Message: <4f83400b$1@news.povray.org>
Le 09/04/2012 21:20, Orchid Win7 v1 nous fit lire :
>>> I found this significantly less impressive than expected.
>>
>> you're a weird geek.
> 
> Well, since geeks are by definition weird... :-P
> 
> I think it's the fact that the balls don't actually make any sound, they
> just trigger an electronic sensor which then plays the sound. I mean,
> the computer could trigger the sound even if the ball doesn't hit, and
> fake the whole thing.
> 
> It would be /far/ more impressive if the physical impact of the balls
> actually make a real sound, with no electronic trickery. (On the other
> hand, I suspect it would be difficult to put the necessary kinetic
> energy into the ball without firing it half way across the building
> first...)

The OP is obviously a computer-generated animation, the stochastic
movement of balls are not reflected in the size of the collecting cones.

Most obvious "unreal" is the metalophone: the amplitude of moving parts
are such... they do not oscillate enough from one hit to another to
perturb the collecting cone, yet they move a lot when hit.

The Intel construction is avoiding that very part: you do not see any
collect of balls. I guess they are at least fair for the sound part:
they used plastic and detector to trigger the sound, but they could have
use some real sounding-metal to do it (but it takes more sciences than
electronic to make a sounding instrument).

Yet, no collect, no cigar.


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From: scott
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 10 Apr 2012 10:33:11
Message: <4F8444A7.7040701@scott.com>
> Probably not made with POV-Ray, but still awesome:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyCIpKAIFyo

You can download a version for your graphics card here:

http://developer.amd.com/archive/legacydemos/pages/ATIRadeon9700Real-TimeDemos.aspx


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 10 Apr 2012 14:24:16
Message: <4f847ad0$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid Win7 v1 escreveu:
>>> I found this significantly less impressive than expected.
>>
>> you're a weird geek.
> 
> Well, since geeks are by definition weird... :-P
> 
> I think it's the fact that the balls don't actually make any sound, they 
> just trigger an electronic sensor which then plays the sound. I mean, 
> the computer could trigger the sound even if the ball doesn't hit, and 
> fake the whole thing.
> 
> It would be /far/ more impressive if the physical impact of the balls 
> actually make a real sound, with no electronic trickery. (On the other 
> hand, I suspect it would be difficult to put the necessary kinetic 
> energy into the ball without firing it half way across the building 
> first...)

plastic pads are much easier for a ball to hit than a metallic string. 
Give the guys enough error margin...

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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Awesome Machine
Date: 10 Apr 2012 14:53:46
Message: <4f8481ba@news.povray.org>
>> I think it's the fact that the balls don't actually make any sound,
>> they just trigger an electronic sensor which then plays the sound. I
>> mean, the computer could trigger the sound even if the ball doesn't
>> hit, and fake the whole thing.
>>
>> It would be /far/ more impressive if the physical impact of the balls
>> actually make a real sound, with no electronic trickery. (On the other
>> hand, I suspect it would be difficult to put the necessary kinetic
>> energy into the ball without firing it half way across the building
>> first...)
>
> plastic pads are much easier for a ball to hit than a metallic string.
> Give the guys enough error margin...

That's why it's less awesome.

It's easier to play a nursery rhyme than to play a symphony - but the 
latter is so much more impressive. ;-)


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