Stanford Bunny

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The "Stanford Bunny" as an STL file
A sitting rabbit made of brown and white stoneware with its head to the left and long protruding ears turns its head towards the viewer
Computer generated image of the "Stanford Bunny"

The Stanford Bunny (in German: Stanford Bunny ) is one of the most widely used test models in 3D computer graphics . It was developed by Greg Turk and Marc Levoy at Stanford University in 1994 .

The 3D surface model consists of 69,451 triangles, which were determined by a 3D scanner from a porcelain figure . The model can be used for various graphics algorithms such as polygon simplification , compression and surface smoothing. Although established as the standard test object, the Stanford Bunny has some limitations. This includes, for example, its simplicity (low number of polygons) according to today's standards, that it is connected in many ways and that there is missing information in the data due to limited scanning options.

The model was originally available in .ply file format (“ply” for polygon) with four different resolutions.

In addition to the polygon model, the Stanford 3D Scanning Repository also offers CT scans of the rabbit.

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