Via an interesting post from Eric Haines with some cool tidbits. The whole siggraph 2015 proceedings is free this week.
Also Eric notes: Folklore 1: Jim Blinn confirmed that the teapot model was shrunk down
because it looked nicer that way, not that the pixels were non-square
(incorrectly propagated here and here). Jim & 3D printed teapot. (I have also spread that false info! We will know computer graphics has gone mainstream when this is at snopes).
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> I have also spread that false info!
You're in good company: so has the Computer Museum. Jim was pretty funny about it, "As I recall, and my memory is perfect, ..." (and yes he was joking).
Indeed, nice to set these straight.
@Pete: I have send Eric a whole list of references about the use of Omega in the rendering equation (also in Eric's blogpost).
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