A Computer Animated Hand

Overview

Archive film showing possibly the first example of digital rendering, made by Pixar co-founders Ed Catmull and Fred Parke in 1972, was stumbled upon by the son of Robert B Ingebretsen, who also set up the world-famous U.S. studio. A six minute version shows additional CGI animation of an artificial heart valve, and human heads.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 31, 1972

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

University of Utah

Director

Edwin Catmull,Fred Parke

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2165545