Talk:Virtual model

Merging
I put up the "Merge with Rendering" tag. I figured that this stub could really be better but as a seperate category in that article then as a seperate article all of it's own. Any thoughts, arguements, seconds? Galactor213 5:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

This article needs to stay and grow. In my opinion it should not be merged with "Rendering" because it is a seperate concept that can be acheived with or without rendering. A Virtual Model can be done in many ways: diagram in UML, 2D sketch, or as a mathematical model without 3D rendering. These avenues need to be explored further, and the acticle expanded - perhaps by myself when I get a few minutes :-)

--Saumier 23:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Makes sense, but as the article stands now it's just about digital rendered models, up to and including the categories. That and Dioramas and sketches and things already have articles as well, be sort of repetitive to put them into this article too. On the contrary, virtual rendered models don't have there own category. So, I suggest either a lot of work on this to include the history and uses of virtual models as is described now, or taking this stub and merging it. That way we don't get repetitive and have one less stub to worry about. Galactor213 21:55, July 26 2006 (UTC)

My opinion is that there is benefit to expand this article given the huge amount of acitivity in this general area. We need more specific terms and the term Virtual Model is becoming more and more common place - thus suggesting a need for its own definition. Try a search on the web and you will find tons of hits on the specific term "Virtul model" or "virtualmodel". --Saumier 15:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Edits
Removed the advert because it's grossly misleading. The first virtual models were produced in the early 1970's by researchers in the field of computer graphics. SteveBaker 01:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

In fact, the original point is that the LandsEnd site was the first widely used example of human Virtual models. Before this project, virtual models were used by few people such as 3D artists, engineers and archtiects for specific and usually private purposes. At LandsEnd millions of people used the Virtual Model, by the company My Virtual Model, to model themselves in 3D and try on clothing. There was a wide acceptance that Virtual models could fullfill a need to simulate what a person would look like. This is a landmark and is worth mentioning. Saumier.

OK - but that's nothing like what the page said before. SteveBaker 22:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)