Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site stolaf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!stolaf!robertsl From: robertsl@stolaf.UUCP (Laurence C. Roberts) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: computer displays in 2010 Message-ID: <127@stolaf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 16:09:42 EST Article-I.D.: stolaf.127 Posted: Thu Jan 10 16:09:42 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 01:39:57 EST Distribution: net Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN Lines: 22 Yet another complaint about 2001, a movie which I essentially liked. This one's about the computer graphics on the Leonov. The computer graphics not presented as such (Jupiter and the flaming Europa- probe -- note the particle systems) were really excellent. However, those on the Leonov's displays were not so hot. (The control room resembeled a video game arcade... I expected to see someone playing TRON or something) The graphic representation of the airbag inflation (take that, Detroit) looked like it had been produced on an Apple ][. Obviously, by 2010, they WILL have real-time graphics that look as good as the Jupiter scenes in the movie. I think that they should have monitors displaying simulated scenes as would be shot from (imaginary) cameras hovering some distance from the space ship. To distinguish these scenes from actual reality at a glance, they should be false-colored. In all modesty, these techniques will probably be used in the future :-) Laurence Roberts ihnp4!stolaf!robertsl "Ifrit first you don't succeed, fly, fly a djinn!"