28 Dec
2001
28 Dec
'01
12:25 p.m.
Again, SGI was likely the only thing you could get as
recently as "less than
ten years ago" that had the graphics power for even the "modeling" stage.
People have begun to take 3d acceleration for granted now that they have
their Matrox GWhiz 5, or their Nvidia TTL 3, or whatever. :) Nobody stops
to think where people got the power to do the kinds of operations for which
these things allow you to use a standard (read: piece of junk ;) intel
peesee (and more) several years past.
Of course, Amiga's running Imagine or Lightwave 3D have been
used for years to do serious rendering and animation, including as
part of large render farms. They've largely fallen out of favor at
this point due to their age, but well into the 90's they were used
quite a bit, including a number of high-profile products and films.
Jeff
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