3d Graphics facts
While investigating facts about 3d Graphics, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The famous Windows "3d pipes screensaver" contains hidden Teapots as pipe joints. It was used as an inside joke & reference to the "Utah Teapot". A standard reference object throughout the computer graphics industry.
Doom 3D wasn't actually 3D and actually utilized a 2D method of rendering its graphics known as Binary Space Partitioning which would be used in most shooter games for the next decade and is even used in some games today.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about 3d Graphics I managed to collect.
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Nintendo created the first consumer 3D Graphics Accelerator as an add on chip to put into SNES games like Star Fox and Super Mario World 2
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In 1995 Nintendo released a head-mounted Virtual goggle console capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D graphics which was also known for being one of the worst consoles
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There was a game for Game Boy Color that made 3D graphics work into this 8 bit handled. It was Toy Story Racer, a game about karts.
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There exists a still image of "Caffe Verona" in Palo Alto, California that is commonly used to test reflections on 3D graphics. One example is the background for a hidden stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
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The idea of Ken Kutaragi, dubbed as the Father of the PlayStation, to build a proprietary CD-ROM based gaming system that featured 3D graphics was rejected by the majority of the board, especially by the older generation of executives.He was even moved to Sony Music after the board meeting.
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Previsualization is a process for experimenting with scene visuals in a movie before filming, and can include photography, art, and 3D animation. Some of these modern animations are even comparable to the graphics of 3D video games.
