It's a mystery!

[What Is Schwa]

Just realised this should be a VIP thread really. Oh well, I guess the penniless peons can have some 'fun' too.

Oh wow. I didn't know we were missing out on so much greatness.

 

[fubarFX]

picture reminds me of darwinia

 

[YM]

A closeup of some larger symbol in the mesh? Also tempted to say that it's some sort of real world environment recorded using an unusual method.

Rather close.

 

[Dragonstorm24]

the coast of somewhere like Maine or Washington rendered in a 3d modeling program?

 

[Mr. Wimples]

First thing that popped into my head was some randomly generated terrain.

 

[REEJ]

Looks like torn paper

 

[A Boojum Snark]

So what is it?

 

[YM]

hmm yes more clues perhaps

How about now:

(no peeking at the URL you cheats!)

 

[Zeewier]

Looks like a Kinect depth image mapped in OpenGL orsomething...
Basically a 3D scan of the real word for the non-hackers out there.

But I've probably worked to much with a Kinect :\


A bit like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QrnwoO1-8A

But reconstructed differently, and using a nice renderer.

 

[Omena]

Is it silicon? Just highly zoomed in silicon..

 

[littleedge]

As I loaded the website because I gave up, I was looking at the picture again in another Tab, and said "Those two things look like a bumpier version of my <what they are>" That's neat.

 

[Numerous]

hmm yes more clues perhaps

How about now:

(no peeking at the URL you cheats!)

Isn't it just an untextured scene from that short animated "movie" with the glaciers and the dragon that some girl raises then ends up accidentally killing after trying to find, then adopting the child of?

Also, did anyone else take a peek at the URL when they wouldn't have otherwise done so if YM hadn't mentioned it?

 

[Zeewier]

Isn't it just an untextured scene from that short animated "movie" with the glaciers and the dragon that some girl raises then ends up accidentally killing after trying to find, then adopting the child of?

Also, did anyone else take a peek at the URL when they wouldn't have otherwise done so if YM hadn't mentioned it?

Sintel!

 

[Loc_n_lol]

A paper glacier was my first thought...

 

[tyler]

It's two monitors on a desk.

And some other crap I can't identify.

 

[LeSwordfish]

It's the mound of cocaine YM bought with his valvemonies.

 

[HellJumper]

hmm yes more clues perhaps

How about now:

(no peeking at the URL you cheats!)

I cheated, but damn that's cool.

 

[YM]

Well the answer is out now. I'll start looking for a new one.

http://www.supermachine.co.uk/desktop-scan-renders/ pretty cool stuff if you ask me.