In 1970, Bolton was the first to
develop a computer model for stellar atmospheres that was able to generate large regions of the modeled spectrum with enough precision to allow
comparison with the spectra from
real stars.
The subdivision surface technology,
developed by animated movie giant Pixar, has been adopted by Infinity Ward, adapted to run in
real - time, and, as is apparent in the two
comparison shots on this page, makes a key difference to the smoothness of surfaces as they appear in 3D scenes.