The making of history's first 3D animation

Turns out the history of 3D rendering involves a lot of nerds doing a lot of math. Come hang out on Discord https://camw.ing/discord Script, VO, 3D Animation by Cam https://bsky.app/profile/camw.ing   / thecamwing   Compositing, visual effects, editing by Sam (not really on social media these days) Indie Animation Showcase Good Woods:    • Good Woods   Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly    • Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly?   COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR    • COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR   vENDED    • vENDED   ___________________________________________________ Video B-roll sources: EditDroid: Rise and Fall    • EditDroid Rise and fall 1080p   Futureworld 3D animation sequence:    • 1976, Futureworld - World's first 3D anima...   A Computer Animated Hand:    • A Computer Animated Hand (1972) HQ   Utah Graphics in the Bay Area    • Utah Graphics in the Bay Area   Toy Story - CGI making of    • Toy Story - CGI making of (1995) HD   ___________________________________________________ Book passages were read from David Price's 'The Pixar Touch' (Which you can find at your local library!) Toy Story behind-the-scenes https://www.wired.com/1995/12/toy-story/ https://beforesandafters.com/2019/11/... Catmull's research paper: https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/app/... Bloomberg's coverage of the Pixar Antitrust Case https://web.archive.org/web/201510260... US V Lucasfilm litigation https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/us-v... ___________________________________________________ 0:00 - Intro 1:56 - Animation software through the decades 4:09 - Ed Catmull & the Graphics Group 7:08 - A Computer Animated Hand 10:05 - Analog rendering of a digital video 11:42 - Pixar was decades ahead of the game 14:07 - 3D modeling has never been easier 15:41 - I LOVE megacorporations I LOVE megacorporations I LO 18:25 - Outro