PAPER ON Photorealistic Rendering with V‐ray

[PAWUK]

Just found this paper by Anja Rackwitz & Markus Sterner about creating photo realistic images, just had a quick scan its a study on the science behind 3d renderings . they worked with magoo and ikea in the research.

 

 

http://www.diva-portal.org/diva/getDocument?urn_nbn_se_hig_diva-156-1__fulltext.pdf

[Fran]

Thanks for sharing that Paul. I know Linda Ferroni's wonderful work very well from the Chaos Group forum and Soren Larrson from the fryrender forum. I have saved the paper so that I can give it a thorough read because just skimming it, I saw some very interesting theoretical information.

 

I have to wonder how may squirrels the researchers had in the cage running the computer that they couldn't render the scene in one go or make use of rendered DOF effect. Their effort looked rather cobbled together to me, with many inconsistancies/incongruities in the lighting. Also, aside from whatever problem they were having with the subway tile backsplash, they missed the very important (and fairly easy to master) aspect of scale.

 

Anyway, I read where IKEA is building a 3d library of their line. Yikes, it would be great to be able to purchase a DVD with all their furniture and accessories in 3d.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Anyway, I read where IKEA is building a 3d library of their line. Yikes, it would be great to be able to purchase a DVD with all their furniture and accessories in 3d.

 

it will be interesting to see if they charge anything for it.

 

the amount of money they would make by selling their 3d models is not comparable to the amount of money they stand to make by giving their models away for free so that they are spec'd in projects, and get more exposure in general. companies like herman miller are already doing this. however, free models from manufacturers don't necessarily translate into high quality models, which is a shame.

 

sorry for thread jacking.

[Fran]

Hi Travis,

 

It's not really thread-jacking to discuss it, since it was mentioned in the paper. IKEA is producing 3d models of their inventory for the purpose of creating 3d visualizations of their products rather than photographing them. So, going by that information, I would assume that they are high-quality, and that they would be reluctant to cut them loose for free. They are a retailer, afterall, and not dependent on designers to spec their furniture. What sells the furniture is the catalog and the showroom.

 

If the 3d content that is presented in the render sample that Linda did is indicative of the quality of the collection, I would say it was worth money.

 

ETA: I would love to "fry" that scene.

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

i didn't think about about it that way. it should have been obvious since designers and retailers are going after vastly different market segments.

 

i also downloaded the article, but set it aside until i have time to read it, and process it.

[PAWUK]

Lets hope the models come assembled and not flatpacked..... and that you dont have to send away for the missing parts

 

 

If they do put the models on the market wonder if I could get staff discount...the wife works in one of the stores.

[MasterZap]

Lets hope the models come assembled and not flatpacked..... and that you dont have to send away for the missing parts

 

ROFL

 

But it would be cool if it came with a "transformer" like slider, so they each came pre-rigged with an "assembly" animation.....

 

/Z