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"LEGO" in 3D Maze Screen Saver
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 12 Nov 2000 19:09:28 GMT
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This may be one of those "discoveries" that's already been disccussed on
LUGNET but since I couldn't find any mention of it I thought I'd ask of the
group:
Has anyone else noticed that the standard MS Windows screen saver called "3D
Maze" has a nod to LEGO embedded within it?
For anyone unfamiliar with this screen saver, it's pretty much as its name
says a three dimensional maze that the "viewer" zigs and zags through. The
settings allow one to choose the texture and look of the walls, floor and
ceiling (including some groovy, ever-cycling fractal designs).
As one is flung through the maze, occasionally some of the walls will
include scenes and pictures. One of these pictures that zooms by for a
second or two is of a blue/green globe of the earth obviously made out of
LEGO. Stacked on the desk in front of the globe are some loose bricks of
various colors.
Anyway, no big deal just a misc. post on an otherwise uneventful Sunday
afternoon. Just wondering if anyone else had seen this.
G.
P.S. If you go looking for this in "3D Maze" be prepared to wait a while
before the LEGO picture shows up. On the other hand sometimes it's the
first scene the screen saver displays and THEN you have to wait forever for
it to show back up so you can answer the question "did I just see what I
thought I saw?" (the answer is "yes")
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: "LEGO" in 3D Maze Screen Saver
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| "Greg Perry" <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G3xEJs.Fru@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) "3D (...) The (...) Not LEGO related but another standard MS screensaver, 3D pipes, occasionally has the 'Utah Teapot' as joint. -Frank Followups (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: "LEGO" in 3D Maze Screen Saver
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| (...) 3D Maze is an OpenGL screensaver, before MS started with D3D they wanted to show that Windows could do cool graphics and used OpenGL. The picture you are talking about is from the OpenGL Programming Guide. Take a look at: (URL) Note: you might (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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