Metaballs

Rarity: Common

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

2

In collections

Nobody has pulled it yet.

What Wikipedia says

In computer graphics, metaballs, also known as blobby objects, are organic-looking n-dimensional isosurfaces, characterised by their ability to meld together when in close proximity to create single, contiguous objects.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Metaballs”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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