Re: [Fractint] At it again...
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <packrat@nznet.gen.nz>
I think it's probably more likely due to the difficulty of manufacturing optics, mirrored spheres, and CCDs/film emulsions to the required precision/resolution.
No, what I meant was, if you build a physical mirror ball stack, with a physical camera mounted inside (no matter how precise/small), the resultant picture would be modified by the infinite reflections of the camera itself. So, you'd need a virtual camera to make sure there's no perturbation introduced. Regards, Miguel
At 02:29 20/05/2002, Franktal Gallery wrote:
Andrew, you might like to check out my ray-traced fractals made from infinite reflections inside a stack of mirrored spheres. I think these pictures show something impossible to reproduce in the real world, because of the perturbation introduced by a real camera. This seems related to the uncertainty principle, I guess.... The virtual camera overcomes this obstacle.
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Version 2.00 is now availble at: http://home.online.no/~thbernt/fraclab.htm This version fixes a few problems that the earlier version had. It uses much less computer resources, and You should now be able to run it on Windows 95,98 and ME. This is a bit off topic. I know. But the screen saver displays only Fractint type fractals (so far...) Thore Berntsen Norway
At 00:14 21/05/2002, Franktal Gallery wrote:
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <packrat@nznet.gen.nz>
I think it's probably more likely due to the difficulty of manufacturing optics, mirrored spheres, and CCDs/film emulsions to the required precision/resolution.
No, what I meant was, if you build a physical mirror ball stack, with a physical camera mounted inside (no matter how precise/small), the resultant picture would be modified by the infinite reflections of the camera itself. So, you'd need a virtual camera to make sure there's no perturbation introduced.
Oh, right; very true - the same situation in Andrew's case, of course, where his own head would keep getting in the way of his view of the infinite corridor. But there's no "uncertainty principle" here. Morgan L. Owens "'Cos right before my eye"
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