It's the real thing. I can tell because of the pixels.

12 years ago

Also. Previously.

Tags: firstperson, glitch, photography, retrocomputing, sf, xscreensaver

Location: 37° 24' 51.00" N, 122° 4' 37.80" W

7 Responses:

1. Ryan Finnie says:

   12 years ago at 5:03 pm

   Does it have a bottom?

   • relaxing says:

     12 years ago at 6:27 pm

     This was my first thought as well :)
     Remember kids: the Utah Teapot has no bottom!

     • Piku says:

       12 years ago at 4:49 am

       Look down the spout to check the lighting normals too.

2. Peter Jones says:

   12 years ago at 7:24 pm

   Something... wonderful.

3. andr00.sceneid.net says:

   12 years ago at 9:20 pm

   That's eerie, in the same way that meeting someone who looks exactly like the Mona Lisa would be. If it were squished vertically like the data, it would be very hard to believe it is real.

4. Nick Lamb says:

   12 years ago at 1:46 am

   Somebody at Pixar, or one of their PRman customers must have built a scene that looks exactly like the actual museum exhibit. Who could resist? Here's the teapot. Now here's me with the teapot. Now here's me with the teapot, and some plastic soldiers. Yes, one of the soldiers is waving.

5. Ted Mielczarek says:

   12 years ago at 6:45 am

   Are you sure?

   We demonstrate in a user study that synthetic images produced by our method are confusable with real scenes, even for people who believe they are good at telling the difference.