Sutherland's Volkswagen

Sutherland's Volkswagen, or the Utah VW Bug, is a 3D test model like the Utah teapot. It is a mathematical model of a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle and one of the earliest 3D computer models, aside from Catmull's hand.

The Volkswagen model was created by students[1] of Professor Ivan Sutherland in 1972 [2] at the University of Utah. The students created the model by measuring a real version of the car with yardsticks. Only the car body is modeled, not the wheels or chassis.

3D Model of Sutherland's Volkswagen

See also

• 3D modeling
• Utah teapot
• Stanford bunny
• Stanford dragon
• Suzanne
• Cornell box
• List of common 3D test models

References

1. "vw.JPG". excelsior.asc.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
2. McDermott, Robert (2003). "Robert Remembers: the VW Bug" (PDF).

External links

• "vw.JPG". excelsior.asc.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
• "The First Real Object Ever 3D Scanned And Rendered Was A VW Beetle". jalopnik.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
• "The Utah Teapot - CHM Revolution". computerhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
• "David Evans and Ivan Sutherland - CHM Revolution". computerhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
• "Mapping Sutherland's Volkswagen - CHM Revolution". computerhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
• "Wireframe model of Sutherland's Volkswagen - CHM Revolution". computerhistory.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
• http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-graphics-music-and-art/15/206/559