Jeff Thompson | Blog » height map http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:22:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Voxel, ribosomes http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/2010/03/06/voxel-ribosomes/ http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/2010/03/06/voxel-ribosomes/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:44:08 +0000 Jeff Thompson http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/?p=476 A rhibosome molecule made of voxels

A ribosome molecule made of voxels

Learned a new term today: voxel.  A voxel (short for volumetric pixel) is, at least in terms of video game design, a slightly out of date technology being replaced by what may be my other new favorite thing “height maps“.

The above image is of a ribosome molecule, though it seems like it could be an enemy from an SNES game.  On a (slightly) related note, here’s a great animated .gif of the ribosome of Haloarcula (a tiny seawater creature) by David S. Goodsell:

animatedRhibosome

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