In 2007 a new documentary called The Pixar Story screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It covered the wild antics of the studio’s founders as they crafted a new kind of movie—a fully ...

When Edwin Catmull arrived at the University of Utah’s graphics lab as a grad student in 1970, its state-of-the-art monochrome monitors showed only blocky shapes made from polygons. He spent the next ...

The gig: Animator Hao Li, 34, is an assistant professor of computer science at USC, running a small, newly renovated lab with five graduate students at the university’s school of engineering. His team ...

Two men who invented game-changing 3D computer graphics techniques now widely used in the film industry have won the highest distinction in computer science: the Turing Award. If you enjoyed Toy Story ...

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative effectiveness of different types of visuals (static and animated) and instructional strategies (no strategy, questions, and questions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. The recent success of deep learning is the result of the ...

It all started in a nondescript building tucked in an industrial park. “It was amazing-looking stuff they were doing with practical effects, and we were doing computer graphics,” said Phillips, now a ...

Theory and implementation of fundamental techniques for 3D rasterization. Topics include: linear algebra geometry, 3D camera motion, model and mesh construction, mathematical 3D animation, and ...