yes, the old games like that were vector graphics, becuase they discribed thrie universe using math to draw lines, via the mathmatic principal of vectors.
but, as i understand it, anything that makes computer art by describing shapes with mathmatic algorhythems rather than actually just incoding the picture into a file is described as a vector graphic.
so, if I had 3 lines and white space I could make the computer think this way:
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
000001000100000100000000
where 1 is black and 0 is white. or I could just say
x=-6
x=-2
x=3
now, which one do you think takes up more memory? which one do you think has more detale? like so many things, the way we think of incoded images isnt the only one out there... |