TITLE: teddybal NAME: BJORN EMIL BECH-SONDERBY EMAIL: ES@DKSIN.DK TOPIC: FLIGHT COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: teddybal.jpg ZIPFILE: teddybal.zip RENDERER USED: VIRTUAL REALITY 2.0 TOOLS USED: VIRTUAL REALITY 2.0 RENDER TIME: ABOUT 15 MINUTES HARDWARE USED: 100 MHZ 80486 WITH 24 MBYTES RAM AND 600 MBYTES DISK IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A TEDDYBEAR BALLOON WHICH IS FLYING HIGH IN THE AIR WITH A LINE BOUND TO IT'S TAIL. THE BALLOON IS FLYING OVER A FOGGY LANDSCAPE WITH GRASSY MOUNTAINS, HILLS AND LAKES. IN THE BACKGROUND THERE ARE CLOUDS ON A BLUE SKY. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: THE PICTURE WAS MADE BY BJORN,MY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD BOY, WHO BOUGHT THE PROGRAM FOR HIS OWN MONEY AT 14 IN AUGUST OF 1996. THE IDEA WAS BASED ON THE TOPIC OF THE COMPETITION. THE PICTURE WAS FIRST DRAWN BY HAND, THEN THE 3D TEDDY WAS CREATED IN THE OBJECT DESIGNER, THEN THE BACKGRAOUND WAS PAINTED IN IMAGE DESIGNER, AND THE LANDSCAPE WAS MADE IN THE OBJECT DESIGNER. ALL WAS COLLECTED IN THE VIRTUAL REALITY SCENE EDITOR WHERE ALSO LIGHTS WAS ADDED. BJORN HAS USED NO PREMADE TEXTURES OR MATERIALS THOUGH A GREAT NUMBER WAS FURNISHED WITH THE PROGRAM. SINCE THE PICTURE IS ONE OF THE FIRST HE HAS MADE, IT HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME, BUT DURING THE PROCESS HE HAS LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO USE HIS PROGRAM. SO NO MATTER THE OUTCOME OF THE COMPETITION IT HAS BEEN A GOOD THING TO PARTICIPATE AND WORK TOWARD THIS GOAL. WE HAVEN'T GOT OUR OWN INTERNET CONNECTION YET, WHICH IS WHY I SEND THESE FILES FOR HIM.