Flixtheatre

A Computer Animated Hand

1972 6 min 6.7

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: 1972-12-31
Production: University of Utah