#early computer graphics

We take sophisticated, high-end computer animation for granted these days. Even smaller movie studios are putting out stunning, high-definition 3D animation. It wasn’t always like this. A mini clip from 2023’s Elemental, showing the amazing CG graphics of the 2020s. Obviously, modern computer animation had to start somewhere. That somewhere includes a number of primitive and simplistic animated…

We take computer graphics entirely for granted these days. The most insanely high-resolution, mathematically complex are everywhere, from hyper-realistic video games to digital art created through artificial intelligence. 2023 – An AI created graphics that took around 60 seconds to create, entirely from a simple text prompt.   It’s hard to ponder the how far we’ve come in the world of computing…

I made some gifs out of various clips from this 1990 Cyberpunk documentary.