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Sculpt 3D

A raytrace application released in 1987 for Amiga computers

A raytrace application released in 1987 for Amiga computers

FieldValue
nameSculpt 3D
screenshotJuggler.png
captionJuggler (published 1987 on Fish Disk 47)
developerEric Graham
released1987
operating_systemAmigaOS, Mac OS
replaced_bySculpt 4D (Sculpt-Animate 4D)
genre3D computer graphics

Sculpt 3D is a raytrace application released in 1987 for Amiga computers programmed by Eric Graham. Sculpt 3D was one of the first ray tracing applications released for the Amiga computers. It proved that raytracing could be done on home computers as well as on mainframes. Years later, the company Byte by Byte released a port for the Apple Macintosh.

The Amiga Juggler

The first demo that showed the raytracing capabilities was an animation of a juggler juggling three chrome balls. Even though the juggler was constructed out of spheres, the balls' reflections and movement made it look realistic. The juggler demo was generated on an experimental version of Sculpt 3D. The animation, released in January 1986, generated so much interest that the full 3D application was programmed.

Sculpt 4D

Sculpt 3D created still images, and a tool compiled an animation from these still images. Sculpt 4D (Sculpt-Animate 4D) added animation capabilities to Sculpt 3D. It allowed movement of objects by setting keyframes.

References

References

  1. Lefèvre, Norbert. (April 1988). "Sculpt 3D". NewsEdition.
  2. Friedman, Fern. (January 1989). "Macworld News, Sculpt-Animate 4D". Mac Publishing.
  3. Wright, Ernie. (2008-05-14). "The Juggler".
  4. Graham, Eric. (May 1987). "Graphic Scene Simulations". IDG Publishing.
  5. (January 8, 2014). "Raytracer 1.0 (plus source)".
  6. Randelshofer, Walter. "Eric Graham - The Juggler".
  7. The Juggler animation appeared in [[Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers]] 1987 music video [[Jammin' Me]] at time code 2:30
  8. Briken, Mike. (2010-05-01). ["A recreation of Eric Graham's Amiga Juggler from 1986 developed from first principles. Project Amiga Juggler"](https://meatfighter.com/juggler/}} ([[Java (programming language)).
  9. Conconi, Patrick. (May 1989). "Sculpt 4D". NewsEdition.
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