alt Hacker NewsI always knew about/used teapot in game engines and what not, but never knew the origin.
I guess they want to make their mark like Stanford dragon[0].
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dcrazy • today at 4:31 AM
Some notable names in computer graphics associated with the University of Utah:
- Ed Catmull
- Raphael Rom
- Henri Gouraud
- Jim Blinn
- Bui Ton Phong
I think they “made their mark” when they essentially invented 3D graphics.
ginko • yesterday at 9:41 PM
>I guess they want to make their mark like Stanford dragon
I'd say the Utah teapot is much better known in CG circles than the Stanford dragon.
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The Utah Teapot predates the Stanford Dragon by 20 years, and was already famous in graphics (at Siggraph, for example) and had a cameo in Toy Story before the dragon was made.