with the release of the Desmos 3-D graphing calculator, I decided that I wanted to try rendering some .obj files with it. The script is on GitHub, and I posted on Twitter about it.
Here are some examples:
- Lara Croft, 526 faces
- From Tomb Raider (1996) for the Sega Saturn
- Solid Snake, 644 faces
- From Metal Gear Solid (1998) for the Playstation
- Master Chief, 3086 faces
- From Halo 2 (2004) for the Xbox
- Cortana, 7188 faces
- From Halo 3 (2007) for the Xbox 360
These examples are from an earlier version of the script, which created an individual triangle expression for each face from the model. I later updated the script to use lists of coordinates and vertex indices, rendering with a list comprehension instead.
Coming soon in the script is support for rudimentary colouring using diffuse maps or texture information, as well as triangulation of non-triangle faces. Desmos allows only a single colour for a face, so instead of warping a section of a diffuse map onto each face, I will probably try to interpolate a single colour based on the texture vertices for each face.