THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Top Models in Computer Graphics
Where did they come from and who will be the next top model?
Un-Distinguished Lecture Series 04/06/2007 Gordon Wetzstein
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[wetzste1@cs.ubc.ca]

The Stanford Bunny
 1993/94 - 362,272 vertices, 69,451 triangles
 bought by Greg Turck at Easter for scanning
 …still lives somewhere in Stanford
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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The Stanford Bunny
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Faxing a Buddha
 1996 1st scanned, faxed and 3D printed
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Digital Michelangelo Project
 1997-1999: a bunch of Stanfords students go to Italy and scan
statues [graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich/], 4mio polys, 1mm
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Digital Michelangelo Project
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Other Stanford Models
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Other Stanford Models
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Even more fun with the Buddha
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And with the Armadillo, too!
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The Utah Teapot
 made by Melitta 1974, owned by Newell
 now lives in Computer History Museum, CA
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The Utah Teapot
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The Utah Teapot
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The Teapotahedron 1987
CT scan – volumetric model
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The Utah Teapot
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The Utah Teapot
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The Utah Teapot
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The Utah Teapot
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The Teapot Nebula
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Lena
 Lena Soderberg, Miss November 1972
 Best selling Playboy ever (7,161,561 copies)
attended 50th Anniversary IS&T
conference in Boston
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Lena
The USC-SIPI Image Database
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Last but not least … the mandrill
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Models that didn’t make it…
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Who will be the next top model?
Let’s discuss at Koerner’s!
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