Posted by brainsucker, on October 2, 2006 at 13:12 GMT
More on the "simple" deflection model:
We do not need a complex model (ie: particle system simulation;
already provided by NIST) because the simplest model,
based on the well known deflection, shows the problem quite well.
In fact both models are NOT mutually exclusive.
I suspect that in the light of the --absence of deflection-- NIST hacked
the model to downplay the process, and make it appear more like the
"reality". This was two folded: go in line with the big hole
(Very difficult) and try to account for the zero deflection seen
(Impossible).
I do not know how It was done and I do not doubt that the technology
explained by John Lear exists (Because I have seen amazing civilian-tech
holograms).
Some posible scenarios:
CG digitally dubbed: I would expect more quality on the dubbing process.
Holographic tech: This accounts for the "eyewitness" and transparency.
Experiment (Beware):
1. Get a glass.
2. Throw it against the wall.
3. Glass desintegrates.
4. Each piece undergoes collision (With the wall and/or other pieces).
5. Lots of different deflections.
ie: the NIST model.
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