vintage-computing

This is an overview of selected examples of the state of the art in computer graphics animation as illustrated at various points in the 1980s. I am going to talk specifically about prerendered (non-realtime) animations, since in any case realtime videogame-style 3D was practically unheard of back then.During this time, there was nothing really close to realistic human computer-generated figures. The best that could be done in the earlier part of the decade shows up in Looker (1981) . This one is notable for having a few attempts at modelled human shapes: a face with a moderately decent polygon count that resembles actor Susan Dey, a some...