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Demoscene vs Metaball - What's the difference?

demoscene | metaball |

As nouns the difference between demoscene and metaball

is that demoscene is (computing) the informal international community that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs) while metaball is (computer graphics|demoscene) an n-dimensional object with an organic appearance, a popular visual effect in the demoscene.

demoscene

English

(wikipedia demoscene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) The informal international community that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs).
  • * 2005 , Chris Gehman, Steve Reinke, The sharpest point: animation at the end of cinema
    • Demoscene is an extremely arcane subculture characterized by endlessly clashing perspectives, trends, and technological innovations.
  • * 2006 , Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, Fan fiction and fan communities in the age of the Internet: new essays
    • Casual computer users could not create these texts; in fact, the driving force behind most of the hacker teams in the demoscene was the prospect of creating a demo that exceeded the abilities of all other hackers...
  • * 2009 , John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, History of Nordic Computing 2
    • The demoscene is chiefly a European community that originates from the mid-1980s and continues to exist even today.

    Derived terms

    * demoscener

    See also

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    metaball

    English

    (wikipedia metaball)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computer graphics, demoscene) An n-dimensional object with an organic appearance, a popular visual effect in the demoscene.
  • * 2002 , Lynn Pocock, Judson Rosebush, The computer animator's technical handbook (page 24)
    • Metaballs often have properties that define the way two metaballs will interact upon an encounter.

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