This Italian TV opening for 1990 FIFA World Cup was made on a Symbolics Lisp machine using S-Graphics software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oe0webMVu0
You can watch the interview with the artist in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQKlgza_HgE
I have scanned and uploaded a manual for #Symbolics S-Geometry from 1988: https://archive.org/details/symbolics-s-geometry-manual
"S-Geometry is an integrated system for creating, modifying, and storing 3D objects. It is window-based and consists of a 3D database and a 3D editor."
I have scanned and uploaded a manual for #Symbolics S-Dynamics, version 6 from 1985: https://archive.org/details/symbolics-s-dynamics-manual
"[It] is a software system that lets you describe and control the scheduling and synchronization of events in time [...] used in conjunction with S-Geometry and S-Render to script animated computer graphics."
I have scanned and uploaded a manual for Symbolics S-Render, version 10 from 1985: https://archive.org/details/symbolics-s-render
"S-Render is a software package that is used in conjunction with S-Paint, S-Geometry, and S-Dynamics to produce visually realistic 3D objects and scenes."
I have scanned and uploaded a manual for the Symbolics Color System that corresponds to Genera 7.0: https://archive.org/details/symbolics-color-system
"The Symbolics color system is a Lisp machine with the addition of one or more color boards, some cabling between your machine and your office, and a color monitor".
@screwtape @amoroso The press release that announced the alliance between Symbolics and Sony.
@screwtape @amoroso Here's the father of the Sony PlayStation Kaz Hirai (second left) with Symbolics' Kazuyuki Hashimoto (leftmost) and Tom McMahon (rightmost).
New additions to my collection.
The original flocking behavior model #Boids that was developed by Craig Reynolds at #Symbolics for "Breaking the Ice" is available here in all its pre-Common #Lisp glory: http://www.red3d.com/cwr/code/boids.lisp
The #SIGGRAPH 87 paper: http://www.red3d.com/cwr/papers/1987/boids.html
Making the Film: How Stanley and Stella Came Together
https://archive.org/details/how-stanley-and-stella-came-together-sgd-s-news-march-1988
#Symbolics first published the production notes for the movie in March 1988, and now they are availiable on the Internet Archive.
Was this the first instance of a rendering farm?
Stanley and Stella in “BREAKING THE ICE” - Original #Symbolics Tapes Restored & Remastered, 1080p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYEp26g14Wk
"June 2023 restoration, production, post, and remastering by Tom McMahon, Michael Wahrman, Jim Ryan, and Craig Reynolds."
This is a short animated movie first shown at #SIGGRAPH 87, made with S-Graphics on #LispMachines.
Symbolics Graphics Division Presents: "Behind The Scenes with Stanley and Stella" (No Audio, 1080p upconvert)
Rediscovered June 2023, originally made 1987.
