Ancient Greek Philosophy and Modern Blockbuster Graphics
The amazing computer-generated effects you see in almost every blockbuster today are only possible thanks to ideas proposed over 2300 years ago.Once upon a time, in an online chatroom not so long ago, I was discussing philosophy with a friend. He said that, at the end of the day, philosophy is very speculative. It is hard to know which opinion is true. So, he decided, what is really important is whether an idea is useful. That way at least we get something out of the idea, even if we don’t know whether it is true. Strangely enough, this way of thinking makes ancient philosophy relevant, despite being contrary to modern physics. In particular, it becomes relevant for modern graphics programming. The amazing computer-generated effects you see in almost every blockbuster today are only possible thanks to ideas proposed over 2300 years Read More ›
