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- Markus Hoff (frs@herakles.uni-paderborn.de) wrote:
- > Hey there
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- Hidee-ho.
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- > Here some questions which just come to mind:
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- > * what is the price of this thing
- suggested price will be US$1,000. Industry talk sets the street price
- around $750. That is, if there haven't been any changes.
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- > * are there any prereleases or Beta versions for SGI
- I'm sure there are, but getting one would be next to impossible. It's
- not an open Beta. :(
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- > * where can I get it
- Direct from NewTek would be the first to come to mind. Amiga dealers
- *might* carry it depending on their clientel.
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- > * what are the main features
- 3.5 (amiga only) has: raytrace reflection, refraction, and shadows; full
- camera/lense options; boolean modeling; some spline modeling;
- texture/image/procedural mapping; object morphing; "bones" skeletal
- structure for objects; single frame control (if you have the hardware);
- keyframe animation; etc...etc...etc...
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- 4.0 (I think) is supposed to come with Inverse Kinematics and some other
- goodies. We'll have to wait....
-
- > * and what the hell is Babylon 5 ?????
- It's a sci-fi show. In a half of a sentance or less, it's like Star Trek
- in many ways. (Please, no flames about this remark. It's a space show
- with neat-o graphics.)
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- > Too bad I didn't see SeaQuest :(
- Not really, the show itself is pretty stale. The graphics are cool, though.
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- > Hear from you soon,
-
- > Cheerio,
- > Markus
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- >
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- Cheerios? Yum. :)
- Brian
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