TITLE: Rosie Does Science
NAME: John VanSickle
COUNTRY: US of A
EMAIL: evilsnack@hotmail.com
WEBPAGE: http://users4.50megs.com/enphilistor/irtc.htm
TOPIC: Slow Motion
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
MPGFILE: rds.mpg
RENDERER USED: 
    MegaPOV-Ray 3.1g for Windows.

TOOLS USED: 
    Text editor, CMPEG, pencils, paper

CREATION TIME: 
    I got started on this project as soon as the topic was
announced.  Final rendering was complete on 14 April 2001.
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION:  Full color, 24 frames per second.

HARDWARE USED: 
    K6-2 @ 300MHz, 96 Megs of RAM

ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: 
    Rosie's idea for a film topic doesn't quite make
sense.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: 


I typed out a bunch of scene code, rendered the frames, and slapped them
together with an MPEG compiler, just like I always do.

I modified the Domo model slightly.  I first had his messages displayed on a
cylinder that was revealed by raising his dome.  Then I got the idea of
projecting them as you can see in the animation.  A spherical mapping is
needed for this kind of projection, although it is projected onto a
cylindrical surface.  Since the official POV-Ray release does not support
the use of image_maps in density statements, I migrated over to MegaPov.

Domo's jet rings' independent motion was part of the model in the last round,
but it wasn't moving in a way that would show it off in that round.  The
effect was actually quite simple to implement.

The banking that Domo makes is based on some rather simple integral calculus
designed to simulate not only smooth motion, but smooth changes in
acceleration.

If you have any other questions about things, e-mail me directly, or leave
comments on the comments page (and be sure to put your e-mail address in the
comments; sometimes the bot records the wrong address).