How Computer-Generated Animations Were Made, Circa 1964 - AT&T Archives

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A 1964 AT&T Bell Labs film, from the AT&T Archives, on how computer-generated animations were produced. It shows the early technique for making animated movies with a computer.

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@basementcat2022 · in “A Computer Technique for the Production of Animated Movies (1964)”
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@havan_agrawal2024 · in “Beflix (Bell Labs Flicks)”
In case folks miss it, some of the external links are videos! - link - ▶ this video Apart from those, this is the only other one I could find: - link It's a bit more impressive than I expected it to be!
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@dylan6042024 · in “Beflix (Bell Labs Flicks)”
I had heard about this long ago, and had forgotten about it. I found this page[0] that has some examples. Apparently, ATT has a youtube channel with way more interesting content than I would have knee jerk expected with some specific examples[1] [0] link [1] ▶ this video
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