Now That's a Cool Bar Chart - Using POV-Ray to Render Your Charts?

Saveen Reddy's blog - Bar Chart Explorations with POV-Ray

"A few samples of how one could apply the ray-traced rendering goodness of the Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray) to the task of displaying data. My goal was to create a "rich" feel to the charts using light and shadow, rather than explore alternatives to bar charts.

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Now that's a feature for the next version of Excel... ;)

There's something about using raytracing to render business charts that really tickles my fancy. Yeah I know it's like uber-overkill, but still if you're looking to add some "punch" to your PowerPoint slides...