Robert Abel, the computer animation and graphics guru who used multimedia to create award-winning commercials, films and classroom educational materials, has died. He was 64. Abel, credited with ...
When Brad Pitt lives his life backwards in the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and morphs from an old man to a small child, it wasn't just a matter of using a lot of make-up. Every single ...
Realistic computer games are taken for granted in the modern world, but it wasn’t always that way. They have come a long way from the first image on an oscilloscope to procedural and neural generation ...
Scientists and computer gamers alike could benefit from a new method for creating soft, realistic shadows in computer-generated images. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Scientists and computer gamers alike could ...
Steve Jobs famously purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm for $10 million in 1986, selling the company to Disney 20 years later for $7.4 billion. In 1995, Pixar was ready to unveil its first feature film, ...
When you spend two-thirds of your $1.5-million business start-up budget on a machine the size of a recycling box, you'd better be sure it fits the bill. Fortunately, it did for Toronto computer ...
The growth of the gaming industry and the increase in animated films has led to the introduction of a new hi-tech degree course at the University of Bedfordshire. Beginning in September, the BSc (Hons ...
Student filmmakers have claimed all top honors at the upcoming 2025 SIGGRAPH 2025 Computer Animation Festival (August 10-14), marking what organizers call a “historic milestone” for the computer ...
His work at Bell Labs in the 1960s laid the groundwork for today’s computer-generated imagery in film and on TV. By Cade Metz Ken Knowlton, an engineer, computer scientist and artist who helped ...