POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : The wait : Re: The wait Server Time
2 Aug 2024 04:21:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The wait  
From: triple r
Date: 17 Feb 2008 10:40:00
Message: <web.47b854d7db51ba7eae42298f0@news.povray.org>
"stm31415" <stm### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Brilliant idea.
>
> I'd move the transition-point between the red taillights and white headlights to
> the far end of the figure-eight. While it's a cool demonstration of the
> one-sidedness of a mobius strip, it ruins the illusion of driving round and
> round forever --- when you reach that spot, you have to turn around *and* drive
> in reverse!
>
> -S

To be fair, each glow has a position and velocity on the curve.  The coloring is
based solely on whether it's approaching or leaving the camera.  If you trace
your fingers around a figure eight, there's really no ambiguity despite what it
may look like.

 - Ricky


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