NSFScience and Engineering Visualization ChallengeScience
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Introduction
Photography
First place
Second place
Illustration
First place
Second place
Hon. mention
Informational
Graphics
First place
Second place
Hon. mention
Multimedia
(Noninteractive)
First place (tie)
First place (tie)
Hon. mention
Multimedia
(Interactive)
First place
Second place
Hon. mention
The Judges
The Handwritten Letter e
Credit: Curtis DuBois, Lummi Island, Washington

Media artist Curtis DuBois used a 3D ray-tracing program to convert the shades of gray in a digitally scanned image of the handwritten letter "e" into variations in virtual altitude. He highlighted pressure points by turning the darker spots on the letter into deeper areas in the image. Colors and atmospheric effects were added for "aesthetic impact."
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