Forty years ago Ed Catmull, a computer scientist, pioneer of computer graphics and one of the founders of Pixar, created (along with Fred Parke, and Robert B. Ingebretsen) what is believed to be the first digital rendered 3D film: an animated version of Ed Catmull’s hand. It’s pretty incredible when you think this was 1972, and would go on to become the foundation of video game graphics, Hollywood special effects, and computer animation. In fact, much of this technology is still the basis for 3D animation today.
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