Special Purpose Hardware For 3D Computer Animation

David Eccles; John Robinson

doi:10.1117/12.935071

4 October 1983 Special Purpose Hardware For 3D Computer Animation

David Eccles, John Robinson

Proceedings Volume 0391, Optics in Entertainment; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935071
Event: 1983 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1983, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

This paper describes several uses of special purpose graphics hardware in television and motion picture entertainment, particulary 3D continuous-tone computer animation. It presents an approach that can accelerate the process of this type of animation by employing hardware used for real-time flight simulation.

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David Eccles and John Robinson "Special Purpose Hardware For 3D Computer Animation", Proc. SPIE 0391, Optics in Entertainment, (4 October 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935071

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