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83-565: The show featured early CGI and video effects mixed with Japanese stock footage from three different Metal Hero Series : Metalder , Spielban and Shaider . On May 7, 2010, the copyright for VR Troopers was transferred from BVS Entertainment to Saban Capital Group . In 2018, the rights were transferred to Hasbro , as part of the acquisition of the Power Rangers brand, which included related intellectual property & content libraries previously owned by Saban Properties. The show

166-418: A "data pipeline" in which the raw data is managed and filtered to a form that makes it suitable for rendering. This is often called the "visualization data" . The visualization data is then mapped to a "visualization representation" that can be fed to a rendering system. This is usually called a "renderable representation" . This representation is then rendered as a displayable image. As the user interacts with

249-522: A Turbo Cycle, Techno Bazooka , VR Troopertron, VR Shoulder Cannon, VR Battlecruiser/Interceptor and a flying, laser -blasting Skybase. Among other regular characters on the show, Zeb as Jeb, Ryan's hound dog that, after an accident in Professor Hart's lab, becomes capable of human speech; Woody Stocker, Kaitlin's wacky hat-loving boss at the Underground Voice Daily ; Percival "Percy" Rooney,

332-427: A common virtual geospatial model, these animated visualizations constitute the first true application of CGI to TV. CGI has become common in sports telecasting. Sports and entertainment venues are provided with see-through and overlay content through tracked camera feeds for enhanced viewing by the audience. Examples include the yellow " first down " line seen in television broadcasts of American football games showing

415-681: A computer-generated reconstruction of the monastery at Georgenthal in Germany was derived from the ruins of the monastery, yet provides the viewer with a "look and feel" of what the building would have looked like in its day. Computer generated models used in skeletal animation are not always anatomically correct. However, organizations such as the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute have developed anatomically correct computer-based models. Computer generated anatomical models can be used both for instructional and operational purposes. To date,

498-451: A deal with Strikeforce and potentially fighting Herschel Walker . Frank announced on his Facebook fan page that he was scheduled to make his professional debut on August 4, 2010, in Houston at "Puro Combate #1." He fought at heavyweight, with his opponent being Jose Roberto Vasquez. Frank won his pro MMA debut with a time of 0:46 in the first round by a Rear Naked Choke Submission. Frank

581-441: A human identity as billionaire industrialist Karl Ziktor. As Karl Ziktor tries to overcome the barriers of the true reality to allow his armies easy passage from the virtual world, the responsibility of defending the planet on both sides of the dimensional barrier falls on Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B.. They have assistance in the form of armored bodies having incredible firepower. This includes eventual additions to their arsenal, such as

664-543: A large body of artist produced medical images continue to be used by medical students, such as images by Frank H. Netter , e.g. Cardiac images . However, a number of online anatomical models are becoming available. A single patient X-ray is not a computer generated image, even if digitized. However, in applications which involve CT scans a three-dimensional model is automatically produced from many single-slice x-rays, producing "computer generated image". Applications involving magnetic resonance imaging also bring together

747-426: A number of "snapshots" (in this case via magnetic pulses) to produce a composite, internal image. In modern medical applications, patient-specific models are constructed in 'computer assisted surgery'. For instance, in total knee replacement , the construction of a detailed patient-specific model can be used to carefully plan the surgery. These three-dimensional models are usually extracted from multiple CT scans of

830-407: A race proceeds to allow viewers to compare the current race to the best performance. Other examples include hockey puck tracking and annotations of racing car performance and snooker ball trajectories. Sometimes CGI on TV with correct alignment to the real world has been referred to as augmented reality . Computer-generated imagery is often used in conjunction with motion capture to better cover

913-454: A rate of 24 or 30 frames/second). This technique is identical to how the illusion of movement is achieved with television and motion pictures . A text-to-image model is a machine learning model which takes an input natural language description and produces an image matching that description. Text-to-image models began to be developed in the mid-2010s during the beginnings of the AI boom , as

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996-631: A representation of one potential sequence of events. Weather visualizations were the first application of CGI in television. One of the first companies to offer computer systems for generating weather graphics was ColorGraphics Weather Systems in 1979 with the "LiveLine", based around an Apple II computer, with later models from ColorGraphics using Cromemco computers fitted with their Dazzler video graphics card. It has now become common in weather casting to display full motion video of images captured in real-time from multiple cameras and other imaging devices. Coupled with 3D graphics symbols and mapped to

1079-500: A result of advances in deep neural networks . In 2022, the output of state-of-the-art text-to-image models—such as OpenAI's DALL-E 2 , Google Brain 's Imagen , Stability AI's Stable Diffusion , and Midjourney —began to be considered to approach the quality of real photographs and human-drawn art . A virtual world is an agent-based and simulated environment allowing users to interact with artificially animated characters (e.g software agent ) or with other physical users, through

1162-463: A son called Percy who was Adam's martial arts rival. Adam's mentor and caretaker was a martial arts sensei called Tao. Adam was friends with Tao's daughter Mia, and a young kid called Mouse MacKenzie. The Cybertron pilot starred Jason David Frank as Adam Steele and drew its source footage from Metalder . Frank's character was depicted as a solo hero going up against an army of robots known as Wardrones who were led by Grimlord. Grimlord's alter ego in

1245-879: A sports marketing and management company specializing in MMA . He began training with UFC lightweight Melvin Guillard . Frank made his much-anticipated MMA debut for the United States Amateur Combat Association at the company's first event "Lonestar Beatdown: Houston" on January 30, 2010, at the Houston Arena Theatre. He defeated Jonathon "the Mack Truck" Mack in the first round by omoplata submission. Frank fought in his second fight at Lonestar Beatdown: Dallas on February 19 in Arlington, Texas. His opponent

1328-448: A strange laboratory . Inside, a digitized head of Professor Horatio Hart (who is a friend of Ryan's father Tyler) explained the truth about his life's work of having developed extremely advanced virtual reality technology in secret . "VR" is a dimension existing alongside our own; within it lie mutants, aiming at conquering both worlds. The main ruler of these is a creature known as Grimlord , who, unbeknownst to anyone on Earth, has

1411-537: A video-on-demand service. On March 12, 2012, it was revealed in Home Media Magazine that Power Rangers ( Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to Power Rangers RPM ), VR Troopers , Big Bad Beetleborgs / Beetleborgs Metallix , and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation would be released on DVD through a deal signed by Shout! Factory and Saban Brands . On October 2, 2012, VR Troopers: Season 1, Volume 1

1494-624: Is currently in post-production. It was set to release in March 2023, but after Frank's death in 2022, the film is now scheduled to be released in September 2024. Frank had knowledge of many different styles of martial arts , including Shōtōkan , Wadō-ryū , Taekwondo , Judo , Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , Muay Thai , Jeet Kune Do , and Aikido . He modified the most practical applications with his own philosophies to create his own blend of American Karate in 1994, "Toso Kune Do" ( 斗争拳道 , lit.   ' Way of

1577-528: Is to use an extension of the triangular mesh method, relying on the construction of some special case of a de Rham curve , e.g., midpoint displacement . For instance, the algorithm may start with a large triangle, then recursively zoom in by dividing it into four smaller Sierpinski triangles , then interpolate the height of each point from its nearest neighbors. The creation of a Brownian surface may be achieved not only by adding noise as new nodes are created but by adding additional noise at multiple levels of

1660-529: The Power Rangers Prime comic series from Boom! Studios. Computer-generated imagery Computer-generated imagery ( CGI ) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in art , printed media , simulators , videos and video games. These images are either static (i.e. still images ) or dynamic (i.e. moving images). CGI both refers to 2D computer graphics and (more frequently) 3D computer graphics with

1743-481: The 2000s, four DVDs were released by FOX Kids Europe/Jetix Europe and Maximum Entertainment Ltd. They included three single disc Volumes and a Mega-Disc DVD that contained 8 various episodes that were released across the first three volumes and a couple of episodes that were not released on any of the three previous discs. On June 15, 2011, all episodes of VR Troopers were made available on Netflix until February 1, 2021. In 2015, episodes were available on Kabillion ,

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1826-573: The 25th anniversary of Power Rangers . In August 2022, Frank revealed that he had retired from the franchise. On November 7, 2013, Frank appeared on Super Power Beatdown as the White Ranger taking on Scorpion from Mortal Kombat . He appeared again on May 5, 2015, as the Green Ranger, and fought Ryu from Street Fighter . After success with the Super Power Beatdown series, Bat in

1909-542: The B-52. Link's Digital Image Generator had architecture to provide a visual system that realistically corresponded with the view of the pilot. The basic archictecture of the DIG and subsequent improvements contained a scene manager followed by geometric processor, video processor and into the display with the end goal of a visual system that processed realistic texture, shading, translucency capabilties, and free of aliasing. Combined with

1992-472: The Black Dino Ranger, which he stated was a favor to Douglas Sloan. While portraying this role, Frank wore long-sleeved shirts to cover the tattoos on his arms, which was also the case in "Forever Red". He joked that Saban and Disney are "both the same, they're cheap", but that he was impressed with the production crew for Dino Thunder . Frank reprised his role as Tommy Oliver and the Green Ranger in

2075-734: The Fist-Fighter ' or ' Way of the Fighting Fist ' ). On June 28, 2003, he was inducted into the World Karate Union Hall of Fame. Frank appeared at the Arnold Classic on February 29, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio . "Toso Kune Do" is still taught at his "Rising Sun Karate" dojo in Houston, Tx Frank was temporarily a Guinness World Record holder in January 2013, as he successfully broke

2158-713: The Sun began developing a web reality series of Frank, titled My Morphing Life . In 2015, the show began airing a second season. In 2016, Frank was cast in the web series Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe , based on the Valiant Universe , as Bloodshot . The series was released in 2018 to positive reception from fans. Frank was considered as superior to Vin Diesel's incarnation of the character in 2020 . Valiant paid tribute to Frank on their Twitter after his death. The film Legend of

2241-574: The Virtual Dungeon, Grimlord's four lieutenants, Dark Heart, and the military-type robots that are featured in several episodes, as well as the exterior of Ziktor Industries. Spielban provided footage of J.B.'s and Kaitlin's robotic suits, Ivar, Icebot, skugs, and the battle scenes involving the Skybase, shark cruisers, tanks, and fighter jets. Space Sheriff Shaider provided the new footage for season two, including Ryan Steele's season two robotic suit and

2324-466: The White Dragon launched on Kickstarter in 2020. Initially, it was going to be a mini-series or fan film, but its popularity caused it to develop into a full-feature film. The film includes past Power Rangers performers, such as Frank, Jason Faunt , and Ciara Hanna . Other cast members include Mark Dacascos , Michael Madsen , Andrew Byron Bachelor , and Jenna Frank. The movie wrapped in 2021, and

2407-589: The White Ranger. Hawkins would then take over the role of Ryan Steele on VR Troopers, who was originally named Adam Steele. After three seasons, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers transitioned into Power Rangers Zeo to match the annual change of the Super Sentai series. Frank's character became the Red Zeo Ranger, also called Zeo Ranger V. The following year in Power Rangers Turbo , his character became

2490-730: The ability to superimpose texture over the surfaces as well as transition imagery from one level of detail to the next one in a smooth manner. The evolution of CGI led to the emergence of virtual cinematography in the 1990s, where the vision of the simulated camera is not constrained by the laws of physics. Availability of CGI software and increased computer speeds have allowed individual artists and small companies to produce professional-grade films, games, and fine art from their home computers. Not only do animated images form part of computer-generated imagery; natural looking landscapes (such as fractal landscapes ) are also generated via computer algorithms . A simple way to generate fractal surfaces

2573-426: The appropriate parts of the patient's own anatomy. Such models can also be used for planning aortic valve implantations, one of the common procedures for treating heart disease . Given that the shape, diameter, and position of the coronary openings can vary greatly from patient to patient, the extraction (from CT scans ) of a model that closely resembles a patient's valve anatomy can be highly beneficial in planning

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2656-450: The chemical weathering of stones to model erosion and produce an "aged appearance" for a given stone-based surface. Modern architects use services from computer graphic firms to create 3-dimensional models for both customers and builders. These computer generated models can be more accurate than traditional drawings. Architectural animation (which provides animated movies of buildings, rather than interactive images) can also be used to see

2739-440: The complex anatomy of the human body, can often fail to replicate it perfectly. Artists can use motion capture to get footage of a human performing an action and then replicate it perfectly with computer-generated imagery so that it looks normal. The lack of anatomically correct digital models contributes to the necessity of motion capture as it is used with computer-generated imagery. Because computer-generated imagery reflects only

2822-419: The creation of images that would not be feasible using any other technology. It can also allow a single graphic artist to produce such content without the use of actors, expensive set pieces, or props. To create the illusion of movement, an image is displayed on the computer screen and repeatedly replaced by a new image which is similar to the previous image, but advanced slightly in the time domain (usually at

2905-417: The early 2000s. However, some experts have argued that it is prejudicial. They are used to help judges or the jury to better visualize the sequence of events, evidence or hypothesis. However, a 1997 study showed that people are poor intuitive physicists and easily influenced by computer generated images. Thus it is important that jurors and other legal decision-makers be made aware that such exhibits are merely

2988-475: The episode and narrated by Dave Mallow . After the "Quest For Power" mini-series in Season 2, however, Ryan, Kaitlin, or J.B. took over the part and narrated the teaser in first-person ). Various voice actors were listed under different pseudonyms in this series. For example, in the Season 1 end credits, Kerrigan Mahan was credited under his pseudonym, Ryan O'Flannigan (which was also the name credited for doing

3071-517: The existing record for the most 1 inch pine boards broken during freefall. The previous record was only two boards broken, but Frank attempted to break eight and successfully broke seven in his record breaking attempt. His record was eclipsed only a few months later in May 2013 by current Guinness World Record holder Daniel McKay, who broke twelve boards during his attempt. On August 21, 2009, Frank officially announced his signing with SuckerPunch Entertainment,

3154-432: The faults that come with CGI and animation. Computer-generated imagery is limited in its practical application by how realistic it can look. Unrealistic, or badly managed computer-generated imagery can result in the uncanny valley effect. This effect refers to the human ability to recognize things that look eerily like humans, but are slightly off. Such ability is a fault with normal computer-generated imagery which, due to

3237-404: The fictional West Coast town of Cross World City, California. They regularly attended and were teachers at "Tao's Dojo", a karate studio. Ryan was the most focused martial artist; J.B. was the computer wizard; while Kaitlin was a photographer and budding reporter for the local newspaper, the Underground Voice Daily . One day, Ryan's search for his long-missing father led him and his two friends to

3320-430: The fights, and battles with the monster footage were also kind of limited (splicing up to 2–3 episodes), but otherwise such footage was limited. In addition, because many episodes of fight footage from Metalder / Shaider and Spielban were being used in a single episode, viable footage was used more quickly. In Season 1, the show would open with the traditional "Today on Saban's VR Troopers " teaser, showing scenes from

3403-655: The first Red Turbo Ranger. During mid-season, Frank and his fellow cast members Johnny Yong Bosch , Nakia Burrise and Catherine Sutherland agreed to leave and were replaced. After leaving the series in 1997, in 2002 Frank returned to Power Rangers as the Red Zeo Ranger for the special 10th-anniversary episode, entitled " Forever Red ", of Power Rangers Wild Force . This episode brought back ten former Red Rangers and reunited him with Austin St. John . He then reprised his role in 2004 in Power Rangers Dino Thunder as

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3486-428: The government research further Virtual Reality based technology. With him came Ryan's new V.R. armor and an upgrade to his powers. Grimlord's base of operations switched from the virtual dungeon to a massive spacecraft which used mostly US footage and added new Generals such as Oraclon, Despera, Doom Master and his Vixens. The Skugs now had the ability to become more powerful in the form of Ultra Skugs. In pre-production,

3569-403: The line the offensive team must cross to receive a first down. CGI is also used in association with football and other sporting events to show commercial advertisements overlaid onto the view of the playing area. Sections of rugby fields and cricket pitches also display sponsored images. Swimming telecasts often add a line across the lanes to indicate the position of the current record holder as

3652-528: The local mayor's nephew and Kaitlin's bumbling rival reporter; and Tao, the wise martial arts sensei who owns the dojo and a family friend of the Steele Family. Recurring villains include General Ivar, Colonel Icebot, Decimator, the Skugs and others throughout. During the second season, the show changed format very slightly. Ryan's father Tyler was finally found and restored to normal. Then he quickly left to help

3735-460: The mesh. Thus a topographical map with varying levels of height can be created using relatively straightforward fractal algorithms. Some typical, easy-to-program fractals used in CGI are the plasma fractal and the more dramatic fault fractal . Many specific techniques have been researched and developed to produce highly focused computer-generated effects — e.g., the use of specific models to represent

3818-508: The monster being split in half, impaled, and decapitated. None of the VR Trooper forms were given names since none of them had one main color. All three of the Metal Hero shows used in the series had a lot of human vs. human battles. However, because the fights featured close-ups of Japanese actors, it was deemed unusable. Distance shots of Japanese actors from Shaider were usable in some of

3901-551: The monster of the day (Kaitlin never got to destroy any on her own), at which point his missing comrade(s) would come running up to inquire how the fight went. The only time the group fought "together" or in battle grid mode was all original American footage, with the Battle Grid suits being low-quality spandex and the helmets simple recolors of the Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger's . For the show's first season, there

3984-474: The need to pair virtual synthesis with military level training requirements, CGI technologies applied in flight simulation were often years ahead of what would have been available in commercial computing or even in high budget film. Early CGI systems could depict only objects consisting of planar polygons. Advances in algorithms and electronics in flight simulator visual systems and CGI in the 1970s and 1980s influenced many technologies still used in modern CGI adding

4067-504: The object of flight simulation was to reproduce on the ground the behavior of an aircraft in flight. Much of this reproduction had to do with believable visual synthesis that mimicked reality. The Link Digital Image Generator (DIG) by the Singer Company (Singer-Link), was considered one of the worlds first generation CGI systems. It was a real-time, 3D capable, day/dusk/night system that was used by NASA shuttles, for F-111s, Black Hawk and

4150-556: The opening credits of the film. The first feature film to make use of CGI with live action in the storyline of the film was the 1973 film Westworld . Other early films that incorporated CGI include Star Wars: Episode IV (1977), Tron (1982), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Golgo 13: The Professional (1983), The Last Starfighter (1984), Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Toy Story (1995). The first music video to use CGI

4233-468: The other Power Rangers cast members to appear on WWF programming to promote Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie for a few months. McMahon wanted Frank to referee the casket match between The Undertaker and Yokozuna at Survivor Series but Haim Saban refused to allow the Power Rangers franchise on WWF television and Frank was replaced by Chuck Norris for the casket match. Frank

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4316-401: The outside, or skin, of the object being rendered, it fails to capture the infinitesimally small interactions between interlocking muscle groups used in fine motor skills like speaking. The constant motion of the face as it makes sounds with shaped lips and tongue movement, along with the facial expressions that go along with speaking are difficult to replicate by hand. Motion capture can catch

4399-439: The pilot was Cyrus Rikter (Gardner Baldwin), who had a son named Percy, who was Adam's martial arts rival. Tao Chong (Richard Rabago) served as Adam's caretaker and mentor. Tao also had a daughter named Mia and Doug Sloan played the part of Tyler Steele in flashbacks. The pilot included a pair of bumbling news reporters named Elmo (played by Jamie Kennedy ) and Scuzzy, who would've served as the series' comic relief . Its theme song

4482-464: The possible relationship a building will have in relation to the environment and its surrounding buildings. The processing of architectural spaces without the use of paper and pencil tools is now a widely accepted practice with a number of computer-assisted architectural design systems. Architectural modeling tools allow an architect to visualize a space and perform "walk-throughs" in an interactive manner, thus providing "interactive environments" both at

4565-532: The procedure. Models of cloth generally fall into three groups: To date, making the clothing of a digital character automatically fold in a natural way remains a challenge for many animators. In addition to their use in film, advertising and other modes of public display, computer generated images of clothing are now routinely used by top fashion design firms. The challenge in rendering human skin images involves three levels of realism: The finest visible features such as fine wrinkles and skin pores are

4648-420: The purpose of designing characters, virtual worlds , or scenes and special effects (in films , television programs, commercials, etc.). The application of CGI for creating/improving animations is called computer animation , or CGI animation . The first feature film to use CGI as well as the composition of live-action film with CGI was Vertigo , which used abstract computer graphics by John Whitney in

4731-476: The reunion due to an alleged history of lies, broken promises, and uncredited idea theft by Hasbro and Saban. Frank began attending a Christian church after the death of his brother Erik. He married his first wife, Shawna, in 1994, and they had three children together before divorcing in 2001. In 2003, he married his second wife, Tammie, and they had one daughter. In 2022, Tammie filed for divorce, though she and Frank were attempting to reconcile. In 2017, he

4814-449: The season finale of Power Rangers Super Megaforce . Frank expressed interest in developing a Green Ranger solo series or feature film after an encounter with Stan Lee at a comic book convention . Frank had a cameo role in the 2017 film Power Rangers , as a citizen of Angel Grove, alongside fellow Power Rangers actress Amy Jo Johnson . In 2018, he reprised his role as Tommy in episode 10 of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel for

4897-453: The series was known as Psycon and Cybertron , focusing on a single hero with a technological theme instead of a team of heroes with a virtual reality theme. In the Psycon pilot script, the main character was Adam Steele who merged with the cyborg Psycon instead of transforming into it. The enemy was Grimlord, whose alter ego was Cyrus Ritker, who led a robot army known as Cyberdrones. Cyrus had

4980-435: The size of about 100 μm or 0.1 millimetres . Skin can be modeled as a 7- dimensional bidirectional texture function (BTF) or a collection of bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF) over the target's surfaces. Interactive visualization is the rendering of data that may vary dynamically and allowing a user to view the data from multiple perspectives. The applications areas may vary significantly, ranging from

5063-420: The system (e.g. by using joystick controls to change their position within the virtual world) the raw data is fed through the pipeline to create a new rendered image, often making real-time computational efficiency a key consideration in such applications. While computer-generated images of landscapes may be static, computer animation only applies to dynamic images that resemble a movie. However, in general,

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5146-532: The term computer animation refers to dynamic images that do not allow user interaction, and the term virtual world is used for the interactive animated environments. Computer animation is essentially a digital successor to the art of stop motion animation of 3D models and frame-by-frame animation of 2D illustrations. Computer generated animations are more controllable than other more physically based processes, such as constructing miniatures for effects shots or hiring extras for crowd scenes, and because it allows

5229-429: The ultra-skugs. Out of all of Saban's tokusatsu adaptations, VR Troopers uses the oldest source-footage of any series. Shaider was aired from 1984 to early 1985, making it 10 years old when first used for VR Troopers in 1995; Spielban was aired from 1986 to early 1987, making it eight years old when originally used in 1994; and Metalder was originally aired in 1987 to early 1988, making it seven years old when it

5312-660: The underlying movement of facial muscles and better replicate the visual that goes along with the audio. Jason David Frank Jason David Frank (September 4, 1973 – November 19, 2022) was an American actor and mixed martial artist, best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in the Power Rangers television franchise. Frank was born in Covina, California on September 4, 1973. Frank had an older brother named Erik Frank, who appeared in Power Rangers Zeo as Tommy Oliver 's long-lost brother David Trueheart. In 1992, Frank

5395-578: The urban and building levels. Specific applications in architecture not only include the specification of building structures (such as walls and windows) and walk-throughs but the effects of light and how sunlight will affect a specific design at different times of the day. Architectural modeling tools have now become increasingly internet-based. However, the quality of internet-based systems still lags behind sophisticated in-house modeling systems. In some applications, computer-generated images are used to "reverse engineer" historical buildings. For instance,

5478-585: The use of avatars . Virtual worlds are intended for its users to inhabit and interact, and the term today has become largely synonymous with interactive 3D virtual environments, where the users take the form of avatars visible to others graphically. These avatars are usually depicted as textual, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional graphical representations, although other forms are possible (auditory and touch sensations for example). Some, but not all, virtual worlds allow for multiple users. Computer-generated imagery has been used in courtrooms, primarily since

5561-403: The visualization of the flow patterns in fluid dynamics to specific computer aided design applications. The data rendered may correspond to specific visual scenes that change as the user interacts with the system — e.g. simulators, such as flight simulators , make extensive use of CGI techniques for representing the world. At the abstract level, an interactive visualization process involves

5644-406: The voice of Goldar in the early seasons of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ); in Season 2, he would be credited under his real name and was properly identified as Jeb's voiceover. Likewise, Richard Epcar was occasionally listed in the end credits under a pseudonym of his own, Richard George (although he was credited under his real name for the first two episodes of the series), and Mike Reynolds

5727-495: Was Will Powers ' Adventures in Success (1983). Prior to CGI being prevalent in film, virtual reality, personal computing and gaming, one of the early practical applications of CGI was for aviation and military training, namely the flight simulator . Visual systems developed in flight simulators were also an important precursor to three dimensional computer graphics and Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) systems today. Namely because

5810-629: Was Chris Rose, who made his ring entrance wearing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles robe. Frank defeated Rose in round 1 with a TKO . On May 8, 2010, he fought for the Texas Rage in the Cage Amateur Association "Cage Rage 7" in State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. His opponent was James Willis, who he defeated via KO with a rising knee within 23 seconds of the first round starting. Frank

5893-524: Was a contestant on The Price Is Right . Frank was a child model for the company called Olive Productions during the 1980s. Frank was cast in the role of Tommy Oliver , the Green Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers . The role was set for 14 episodes, but due to the character's popularity he was brought back as the White Ranger and the team's new leader. Frank was a huge fan of professional wrestling and Vince McMahon wanted him and

5976-417: Was adapted in 1994. Because more than one Japanese show was used in an episode at any given time, Ryan's alter-ego was never in the same action scene as JB or Kaitlin's (since they were taken from two different shows). Due to this, many episodes involved some sort of plot device that separated Ryan from the other two, forcing them to fight separately. Almost every episode ended with either Ryan or JB destroying

6059-432: Was almost never any original American footage outside of the Battle Grid. Similar to Power Rangers , more U.S. fights were featured in the show's second season. VR Troopers as an adaptation is different in many ways from Power Rangers and Big Bad Beetleborgs . Because it was syndicated (instead of broadcast on Fox Kids like the former two), the monsters were destroyed more violently; mutant/robot destructions included

6142-783: Was based on Ron Wasserman 's "Go Green/White Ranger Go" song in the Power Rangers series. In the original VR Troopers promo, Kaitlin had the last name of "Hall" instead of "Star" and Professor Hart was played by a different actor with an entirely different voice and personality than the Professor that was later used. Like Power Rangers , VR Troopers used a combination of American footage spliced with fight scenes from Japanese shows. The Japanese shows adapted in to VR Troopers are Shaider , Spielban , and Metalder . All three come from Toei 's Metal Hero Series . Metalder provided footage of Ryan Steele's season one robotic suit, Grimlord,

6225-535: Was canceled after only two seasons primarily because the available Japanese footage was quickly exhausted. Its successor, Big Bad Beetleborgs , another Saban adaptation of a Metal Heroes series, was cancelled for the same reason. The show spawned a toy line and a video game for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear . The show focused on three teenagers in their late teens, Ryan Steele, Kaitlin Star, and J.B. Reese, living in

6308-513: Was credited under the name Ray Michaels . In the U.S., five VHS videos were released: "Lost Memories", "Oh Brother", "Computer Captive", "Error in the System", and "Virtual V6". Each VHS release contained a bonus music video. In the U.K., two videos were released through PolyGram Video and 4 Front Video (a subsidiary of PolyGram), Vol.1 contained "The Battle Begins: Parts 1 and 2" and Vol.2 contains "Battle For The Books" and "Katlin's Little Helper". In

6391-586: Was released as a Shout! Select title on January 14, 2014. In 1995, Marvel Comics published a flipbook five issues mini-series entitled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ninja Rangers/VR Troopers which featured the Power Rangers on one side and the VR Troopers on the other. In the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers issue 53, Ryan, Kaitlin and JB's names were mentioned as candidates for the Green Ranger. The team made their appearance in

6474-419: Was released on DVD by Shout! Factory . Shout! Factory released VR Troopers: Season 1, Volume 2 on DVD on January 15, 2013. On May 14, 2013 Shout! Factory released VR Troopers: Season 2, Volume 1 on DVD. VR Troopers: Season 2, Volume 2 on DVD was scheduled for release by Shout! Factory on September 10, 2013. However, due to poor sales of the first three volumes, the release was cancelled. Season 2, Volume 2

6557-517: Was released on YouTube, showing the original Green Ranger. This prompted speculation that Frank was reprising the role again, and that his denials on social media were part of a disinformation campaign. On March 6, the YouTube channel MrWeenieProductions posted audio recorded from a livestream from the Bat in the Sun channel, run by a friend of Frank's. This friend had stated that Frank declined to participate in

6640-464: Was scheduled for a light heavyweight bout on December 9, 2010, at Puro Combate 3. The fight was canceled on December 8, due to his opponent not being medically cleared. He was then scheduled to face Shawn Machado on July 22, 2011, at Legacy FC 7, but due to a possible biceps tear, the fight was cancelled. On January 17, 2023, the first footage of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always

6723-446: Was scheduled to make his debut with Ultimate Warrior Challenge at their upcoming event on May 22 against James "Ray" Handy Jr. in a light heavyweight bout. On May 21, Frank announced on his official Facebook fan page that James Handy was injured and Carlos Horn would replace him, changing the fight to a heavyweight bout. Frank defeated Horn in the first round by an armbar submission. Since turning pro, Frank expressed interest in signing

6806-489: Was supposed to be the lead character Adam Steele in VR Troopers (originally called Cybertron ) and shot a pilot episode before being called back to Power Rangers . According to Frank and Brad Hawkins , Hawkins' character was originally going to replace Tommy Oliver as the White Ranger in Power Rangers . However, due to Tommy Oliver's popularity with Power Rangers fans, Frank was brought back, with Tommy Oliver becoming

6889-475: Was targeted by a man named Matthew Sterling while attending Phoenix Comicon . Police were able to arrest Sterling before he got near Frank, after being tipped off due to social media threats made by Sterling. Sterling was later committed to 25 + 1 ⁄ 2 years at the Arizona State Hospital. On November 19, 2022, Frank was found dead by suicide in a hotel in Houston, Texas. His wife Tammie, who

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