Attached Link: Floating 3-D Imagery

Now here's where I'd like to create my 3d art! A company that will be featured in Siggraph 2001,and will give NEW meaning to the word: "Volumetrics".....check it out!

That looks interesting. I've noticed a few companies working on model scanners. One company has a scanner that you can place an object on and it imports the object as a mesh. Another has a sculpter deal where you put wood or wax in the device and it makes the sculpture from the mesh on the screen. Kinda makes you wonder what 3d apps and equipment will be like in 10 years.

Mind-boggling product. Fascinating. Thanks for the URL and the post.

Attached Link: http://vis4d.ncms.org/3dimage.html

What's really funny about it all, is that there are Bryce tutorials explaining the steps and procedures for rendering and creating a "realistic crystal ball" Little did anyone know at the time,that Bryce itself could now be rendered INSIDE a crystal ball !!! What was once the object of derision, and jokes with soothsayers,and traveling gypsies,has now become REALITY of all things. In any event, this company is definitely worth watching, as well as another one which I have posted as a link here. "listen to the technology": George Gilder

Oh - more! Very interesting. Especial if you imagine being able to see every element from every direction - by walking around the display or turning the glass ball around. Thanks for the links. All new to me. And very interesting to see what people are thinking of for the future.

turning the glass ball around is what I like about the Bryce interface. Hmmm, best watch the public stock offerings.

Weird fact, realating to that second message; Tupperware, yes...Tupperware has for some YEARS now used a machine that would take a mesh/Cad-like file, and using a laser it would "sculpt" whatever they had created in the program into a real-life object. The laser would shoot into a small, clear tub of liquid (of some sort), burning (hardening) a surface as it went along. They use this to make absolute perfect real life, 3D renditions of what products they want to try next. Saw it on TLC (The Learning Channel) a few years back. Just think if the Renderotica guys could get a hold of that machine...

Actually there are a number of systems that produce physical prototypes from 3d models. Here's a link to one such firm for the curious. http://www.protoshape.com/

Attached Link: http://www.bathsheba.com/

the link is for an artist who creates his works in a computer, has them rapid-prototyped with that laser-in-a-tub mechanism, and then has those cast in metals - gold, silver, bronze... -calyxa

...actually my General Motors Saturn car engine was made using the: "lost-wax process" but from the link you have provided I now see that it can also produce some fantastic stunning pieces of artwork. A very informative link,and a must see for all.