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Computers are People, Too: Disney documentary about computer art in 1982

86 points by samclemens 12y ago

parasj 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD7iqtOJSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD7iqtOJSE
- ChuckMcM 12y ago
  No trippier than the Windows 386 video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcjvgxAKiHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcjvgxAKiHs
comrade1 12y ago
I wish they had written the names of the people in the short interviews during the interview - especially the guy that snorted who narrated later over the classroom video. For some reason watching this makes me think that this is exactly what it's like to live in The Culture, complete with the slim blonde and the ship's avatar narrating a retro movie. The video would be even better if you gland some Edge. Some of the art looked very dated - the 3D shapes, the juggler, airplanes, the 'plastic surgery', but the analog radio wave character and the more abstract artwork still look great - for example, the gray haired guy (again, missed the name) who worked with the antiaircraft gun. Did Gary Chang invent autotune?
joezydeco 12y ago
I have really fond memories of seeing Michael Iceberg performing at Disney World in the (cough) 1980s. For a lot of people in the audience (including myself) that had never heard a sampling keyboard before, it was nothing short of amazing.
intopieces 12y ago
The Vice interview includes some sources, but I'm very disappointed that they did not include the name of the people or the titles of the pieces. I suppose, though, that in 1982 they did not think anyone would care to look it up.
samman 12y ago
The juggler and 'computer plastic surgery' segments were created by Information International, Inc., the latter being for the movie "Looker". Information International, Inc. 1982 Demo Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADF3-6owY0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADF3-6owY0A A scene from "Looker": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wK74Ejnqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wK74Ejnqc
drzaiusapelord 12y ago
>An early demo of a computer-generated character, referred to in the documentary as “mathematical plastic surgery.” A spinning 3D model with textures in 1982? That's pretty impressive.

86 points by samclemens 12y ago

parasj 12y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD7iqtOJSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWD7iqtOJSE

ChuckMcM 12y ago
No trippier than the Windows 386 video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcjvgxAKiHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcjvgxAKiHs

comrade1 12y ago

I wish they had written the names of the people in the short interviews during the interview - especially the guy that snorted who narrated later over the classroom video. For some reason watching this makes me think that this is exactly what it's like to live in The Culture, complete with the slim blonde and the ship's avatar narrating a retro movie. The video would be even better if you gland some Edge. Some of the art looked very dated - the 3D shapes, the juggler, airplanes, the 'plastic surgery', but the analog radio wave character and the more abstract artwork still look great - for example, the gray haired guy (again, missed the name) who worked with the antiaircraft gun. Did Gary Chang invent autotune?

joezydeco 12y ago

I have really fond memories of seeing Michael Iceberg performing at Disney World in the (cough) 1980s. For a lot of people in the audience (including myself) that had never heard a sampling keyboard before, it was nothing short of amazing.

intopieces 12y ago

The Vice interview includes some sources, but I'm very disappointed that they did not include the name of the people or the titles of the pieces. I suppose, though, that in 1982 they did not think anyone would care to look it up.

samman 12y ago

The juggler and 'computer plastic surgery' segments were created by Information International, Inc., the latter being for the movie "Looker". Information International, Inc. 1982 Demo Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADF3-6owY0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADF3-6owY0A A scene from "Looker": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wK74Ejnqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wK74Ejnqc

drzaiusapelord 12y ago

>An early demo of a computer-generated character, referred to in the documentary as “mathematical plastic surgery.” A spinning 3D model with textures in 1982? That's pretty impressive.