hey, im looking for a video i saw a few months ago. you know the 3d vector sequences in star wars: a new hope where they show a crappy vector 3d visiualization of the death star trench to all the rebel pilots. there was a video on how they created that in 3d back in the day using a pen to set points in 3d space to create…
A lot of 3d stuff done now was actually invented in the 70s. I'd say the 70s and the 2000s were probably the 2 decades with the highest output for 3d tech advances. But someone with more knowledge of the history might say the 1990s instead of the 2000s.
hah, after seeing this i've been doing some internet research =). There apparently was realtime 3d editing already in 1959 "General Motors and IBM start developing the "DAC-1" system (Design Augmented by Computers). This system was presented in the Computer Detroit conference of 1964, and allowed a user to input a 3D…
I heard a rumor a few years ago that they were gonna re-release Star Wars in 3D for the Imax. Would have been cool to put it out for the 30th anniversary. But noooooooooo, Lucas put out this dumb Clone Wars movie instead.
Yeah thats actually pretty surprisingly similar to how things are done now. The main difference being you dont digitize a paper image, you just use ortho planes in your 3d app. I absolutely love seeing stuff like this, especially old tech. If anyone has any more videos like this, please post :)
Pfft. Duke Nukem 3D editing was for pussies. YOU COULD SEE WHAT YOU WERE WORKING ON IN REAL TIME! I had a lot of fun making Doom and Duke Levels. It's so different now. I don't just type a command in DOS and have 1 program running, with the image of what I'm working on stuck in my head, and nothing else to distract me.…
im actually surprised they could render that in realtime back then. I also like how he made the trench, I would do it pretty much thesame way today =), make some modular bits and copy paste! He's even using some primitive wacom for it! I want a vector screen now.. haha, i see more similarities than differences really...…