A Computer Animated Hand

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Ed Catmull & Fred Parke (1972)

This clip was eventually discovered by a Hollywood producer and incorporated into the 1976 movie Futureworld.

This historical video was recently re-discovered after being lost for many years. It was produced in 1972 and is believed to be the world’s first computer-generated 3D animation. It was created by Ed Catmull, a true pioneer of 3D technology, who was a computer scientist at the University of Utah and founder of Pixar.

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