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How a Teapot Changed the World
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In 1974, computer science student Martin Newell was developing cutting-edge 3D graphics techniques at the University of Utah, but the existing mathematical models were too simple to properly test his work. What Newell needed was a 3D model with just the right complexity - not too basic, not too intricate. The solution came from an unexpected place: his kitchen. Newell's wife suggested using their teapot. It was perfect - curved surfaces, a handle, and a spout that could cast interesting shadows. Newell sketched the teapot and input its curves into a Tektronix storage tube, an early text and graphics computer terminal. This digital model, now known as the 'Utah teapot', has become a legendary go-to test object for 3D graphics. Today, this teapot is hidden in many movies and games as an inside joke with the original teapot now sitting in a museum. #didyouknow #techhistory #computerscience
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@alangfp

4 months ago

the Lorem Ipsum of 3D graphics

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@dogbackwards7658

4 months ago

Gotta say, That is the most teapot looking teapot i've ever seen

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@PocketKanin

4 months ago

I always wondered why in my 3D classes one of the premade objects was a teapot

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@jojoecr7626

4 months ago

I'm sorry honey, the computer science museum wants the teapot. We gotta get another one

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@sasukesarutobi3862

4 months ago

The Wilhelm scream of 3D graphics

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@razerow3391

4 months ago

Every single 3D artist knows this as the teapot is one of the sample models in every modelling software.

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@annana6098

4 months ago

His name is Martin Newell, her name is Sandra. He explained his problem to Sandra over tea, and she suggested modeling their tea set.

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@CraigCholar

4 months ago

In 1978 while s college student I wrote code that drew 3-D wireframe graphics and created simple graphical games on aTektronix terminal. I still have my source code printouts. Seeing this video brought back a flood of fond memories of Burroughs mini computers, flared jeans, rugby shirts, Nike waffle trainers, canned LaChoy chow mein, Top Ramen, and meeting my future (and current) wife, so I thank the YT algorithm gods for the unexpected activation of the time-travelling lobe in my brain.

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@joshtrashcontent4237

4 months ago

The teapot display showed at the end if the video kinda doesn’t look real, but maybe im just used to it being virtual.

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@SeverelyUndercaffeinated

4 months ago

The "hello world" of 3d modeling lol

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@LUCTIANITO

4 months ago

Reminds me the story of how agar was first used in microbiology because the dude was so frustrated that microbes ate the culture solid media and his wife suggested him of using agar-agar she used to make jam

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@perwestermark8920

4 months ago

I wish I new the full context when I was busy writing code to raytrace that teapot some 35 years ago.

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@f.herumusu8341

4 months ago

The original was made at Friesland Porzellanfabrik in Rahling, Lower Saxony, Germany which produced at that time for Melitta. The factory burned down a few months ago and production is therefore stopped. So,if you want one you got to hurry. I got mine a few years ago. Still a good insider joke if you have nerds as guests. And beside that it's a really beautiful and functional tea pot.

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@benruniko

4 months ago

Yup, the Utah Teapot has been around for a very long time, and any professionally trained 3d modeler will know it by sight

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@katelights

4 months ago

The teapot is ideal for a number of reasons.

1. Its a good balance between complexity and simplicity
2. It has both concave and convex curves, and an open section in the handle
3. It can cast shadows on itself.
4. It doesn't need to be textured to look correct.
5. Everyone can recognise what it is supposed to be.

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@DPedroBoh

4 months ago

I first saw it in a nintendo 64 (formerly ultra 64) tech demo showing how cool it was to render the pot and other stuff moving in real time.

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@JustaFloatingEye

4 months ago

me when im dodging the teapots of doom

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@Dr.W.Krueger

4 months ago

Also, the original Melitta teapot is roughly 33% taller. James Blinn played around with the scaling and ultimately kept the squashed model for aesthetic reasons.

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@Legit_SuperFall

4 months ago

In blender you usually use the monkey head for a similar reason, but if you enable an addon that allows you to create extra default objects, one of those objects is a teapot

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@skyfeelan

4 months ago

Russel's teapot: finally, a worthy opponent

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