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Stanford Happy Buddha

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3D model of the Stanford Happy Buddha

Computer graphics 3D test model developed by Brian Curless and Marc Levoy in 1996 at Stanford University. The model consists of data describing 1,087,451 triangles determined by 3D scanning a statuette depicting the Buddha smiling. The original statuette was 20cm tall and made of plastic and rosewood. This model and others were scanned to test methods of range scanning physical objects.
Additional content elements include:
“Description"description
“LongDescription"long description
“Name"English name
“StandardName"standard English name
"MeshRegion"mesh region representation
"Region"region representation
"PolygonCount"number of polygons
"VertexCount"number of vertices
"ConnectedComponents"number of connected components
"BoundingBox"bounding box
"Summary"summary information

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Retrieve the model:

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ResourceData[\!\(\* TagBox["\"\<Stanford Happy Buddha\>\"", #& , BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Stanford Happy Buddha-Input", AutoDelete->True]\)]
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Summary properties:

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ResourceData[\!\(\* TagBox["\"\<Stanford Happy Buddha\>\"", #& , BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Stanford Happy Buddha-Input", AutoDelete->True]\), "Summary"]
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Find the minimum volume ball that encapsulates the mesh:

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bound = BoundingRegion[ResourceData[\!\(\* TagBox["\"\<Stanford Happy Buddha\>\"", #& , BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Stanford Happy Buddha-Input", AutoDelete->True]\)], "MinBall"]
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Show[{ResourceData[\!\(\* TagBox["\"\<Stanford Happy Buddha\>\"", #& , BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Stanford Happy Buddha-Input", AutoDelete->True]\)], Graphics3D[{Opacity[0.5], bound}]}]
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Alec Shedelbower, "Stanford Happy Buddha" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2022)  

Data Resource History

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Source Metadata

  • Title: A Volumetric Method for Building Complex Models from Range Images
  • Creator: Brian Curless and Marc Levoy
  • Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
  • Date: 1996
  • Language: English
  • Citation:
    • Brian Curless and Marc Levoy. 1996. A volumetric method for building complex models from range images. In Proceedings of the 23rd annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (SIGGRAPH ‘96). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 303–312. https://doi.org/10.1145/237170.237269

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Publisher Information

  • Prepared for the Wolfram Data Repository By: Alec Shedelbower
  • Publisher of Record: Alec Shedelbower