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Moving innovation : a history of computer animation / Tom Sito.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sito, Tom, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer animation--History.
- Computer animation.
- Animation (Cinematography)--History.
- Animation (Cinematography).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (373 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A behind-the-scenes history of computer graphics, featuring a cast of math nerds, avant-garde artists, cold warriors, hippies, video game players, and studio executives.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Film and Television at the Dawn of the Digital Revolution; 2 Analog Dreams: Bohemians, Beatniks, and the Whitneys; 3 Spook Work: The Government and the Military; 4 Academia; 5 Xerox PARC and Corporate Culture; 6 Hackers; 7 Nolan Bushnell and the Games People Play; 8 To Dream the Impossible Dream: The New York Institute of Technology, 1974-1986; 9 Motion Picture Visual Effects and Tron; 10 Bob Abel, Whitney-Demos, and the Eighties: The Wild West of CG ; 11 Motion Capture: The Uncanny Hybrid; 12 The Cartoon Animation Industry; 13 Pixar
- 14 The Conquest of HollywoodConclusion; Appendix 1: Dramatis Personae; Appendix 2: Glossary; Appendix 3: Alphabet Soup: CG Acronyms and Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-48290-2
- 0-262-31430-4
- OCLC:
- 841229332
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