The History of 3D Animation

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1970s: The Building
Blocks of 3D Animation
­Ed Catmull
­ Created texture mapping that
allowed 3D graphics to
achieve realism
http://vimeo.com/16292363
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1980s: The Foundations of
Modern Computing
­Bill Gates = Microsoft
­Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak = Apple
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1980s: The Foundations of
Modern Computing
­Lucasfilm, Disney, Pixar created
­Tron had 20 mins of 3D animation graphics
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1990s: 3D Animation Achieves
Commercial Success
­ First 3D animation television show, ReBoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d43r6iVgsc&feature=related
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2000s: The Refining of
3D Animation
• More technology is being
created to support the growing
3D animation industry
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Where do you think animation will
go from here?
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