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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

No. It's name is Luxo. It was created by Pixar. All other appearances are deliberate Easter eggs or referencing this Luxo.

You can buy it now because it is famous from Pixar. It didn't exist before Pixar's 1986 short Luxo Jr.

There were balls with a stripe and balls with small stars covering the ball. But there wasn't a ball with a single stripe and single large star.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Luxo is the name of the lamp. The ball is just a ball, but it does also cameo in a number of Pixar films.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

The Pixar wiki calls it the Luxo ball.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did an AI summary bot write this?

Who would confuse a ball with the lamp, especially given the name "Luxo" suggests a lamp?

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The ball is often called Luxo Ball

The Pixar Ball (also known as the Luxo Ball) is a yellow ball with a blue stripe and red star that first appeared in the Luxo Jr. short as a prop for Luxo Jr. Since its debut, it has made numerous cameos in other Pixar films, most notably in the Toy Story films.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Copying from sibling reply:

Following that logic its name is "Pixar", but that is not the case.

It's the Luxo ball as in "the ball from the Luxo film" not "Luxo the ball". The ball doesn't have a name.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not gonna dig out the hard drive to prove this so believe it or don't but we called it the luxo ball in my first year motions graphics class. It was the demo project to teach us about textures, lighting, and basic animation using the ball

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It is "the Luxo ball", but Luxo is not its name.

Compare to "the GEICO gecko". Its name is not "GEICO", it is (apparently) Martin.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

How about you actually read the Pixar wiki before claiming AI?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Quoting the wiki (ew, fandom!)

The Pixar Ball (also known as the Luxo Ball) is a yellow ball with a blue stripe and red star that first appeared […]!

So… yeah, clearly not its name, not any more than its name is "Pixar"

It's the Luxo ball as in "the ball from the Luxo film" not "Luxo the ball". Luxo [Jr.] is the lamp.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Really?

Because we had very similar balls in the early 70's.

I'm pretty sure Pixar didn't exist then.

I'd be more inclined to think Pixar designed these based on balls the designers/animators grew up with, like me.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I had similar balls and saw similar balls but never exactly that.