“Graftals” by Rawlings – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Graftals” by Rawlings




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Title:


    Graftals

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    This tape contains a?demonstration of an interactive?game – “Graftals” – on?permanent display at The?Computer Museum in Boston.?Graftals are mathematical?techniques for creating complex?forms from simple rules.?Players learn what these rules?are, and that one doesn’t need?lots of numbers or lots of brush?strokes to generate?naturalistic-looking plants,?shrubs, bushes and trees.

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    286-based computer, TARGA?board

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    RT/1

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