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My school had a class called CS 418 Computer Graphics. One of the final projects was to render a scene reflected off the surface of a teapot STL. I often ponder
by matmann2001 6y ago
My school had a class called CS 418 Computer Graphics. One of the final projects was to render a scene reflected off the surface of a teapot STL. I often pondered on the coincidence.
- mike_d 6y agoThe Utah Teapot is the Hello World of 3D rendering, and a teapot model is included somewhere in almost every 3D rendering application. I learned about it when I received a copy of BRL-CAD from the Army Research Lab in the mid-90s and it had a teapot, which I thought was quite odd for an application designed for ballistic research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot
- msla 6y agoThe British wouldn't think it odd to mix ballistics with tea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_vessel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_vessel > A boiling vessel is a water heating system fitted to British armoured fighting vehicles that permits the crew to heat water and cook food by drawing power from the vehicle electrical supply.[1] It is often referred to by crewmembers (not entirely in jest) as the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle
- kabes 6y agoTea and coffee pots are everywhere in computer history. This status code. The utah teapot you describe which kicked of 3d rendering and the first webcam was specifically made to film a coffee pot.