The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POVRay) is a fantastic vehicle for visualizing mathematical functions. If you’re not familiar with raytracers, you should definitely check it out. POVRay enables you to render three-dimensional images based on objects that you describe using … Continue reading
This Persistence of Vision (POVRay) animation was designed to loop indefinitely, but only a single loop is played here. Rendered on a 386DX clone, this was my first fully realized raytraced animation – complete with audio. You’re looking at history folks! … Continue reading
In the waning days of MSDOS, I wrote a few utility programs in the hopes of becoming a shareware millionaire. These programs were primarily script generators for the DKB/POVRay (www.povray.org) and Vivid raytracers. Needless to say, I’m not a millionaire. … Continue reading
I’ve been puttering around with computer graphics for about 20 years now (which is about how long it can feel like when you’re waiting for an image to finish rendering). I discovered the world of ray tracing in the 1990′s … Continue reading
