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From: tim@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay)
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Subject: Re: Amgia World Ray-tracing article...
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Date: Sun, 26-Apr-87 16:21:29 EDT
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In article <2948@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>In article <448@applix.UUCP> scott@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes:
>>The animation "Andre and Wally B." was produced on a VAX11/780, and the time
>>per frame was 1-2 hours.
>
>	Wrongo.  As I understand it, the story goes like this:
> [deleted explanation about use of Cray]

>	Pixar now uses their own hardware for stuff.  I am pretty sure that
>Luxo Jr. was computed with Pixar imaging systems.

Wrongo.  It is easy to confuse.  They have a renderer called REYES (Renders
Everything You Ever Saw, though not ray tracing), which they run on their
CCI Unix box.  They also developed a renderer for the image computer which
is very impressive in that it is very fast.  However, it is not capable of
all the special effects that REYES is.  The confusing thing is that the
marketing people decided to call this renderer (the one on the image
computer is for sale) REYES as well.

My guess is that Luxo Jr. was computed on the CCI, just like the stained-
glass knight scene in Young Sherlock Holmes was.

Tim