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John Whitney - Arabesque (1975) early computer graphics

John Whitney is considered by many to be the "Father of Computer Graphics". He started in the 1940s building clockwork mechanisms with lights to draw directly on film. Later, he bought WW2 surplus ...  
 
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raposofan (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Please tell me John Whitney became a millionaire from all of this genius.

Please.
GMRDUI (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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That's some serious sin wave action ;3
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hoofer1 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Was this shown on public tv stations in the 70's? I remember this...
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son of the LSD
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Contrary to the caption, this was not Whitney's first digital computer film. He produced a number of films in conjunction with IBM in the late 60s which were produced on a computer, such as "Permutations".
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brilliant! it's like each line is showing a part of the song O_O
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watch this vid /watch?v=cmpaAoY3SQc

sometimes i fall asleep with my socks on...

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