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'Jurassic Park' made a dinosaur-sized leap forward in computer-generated animation on screen, 25 years ago

  • Written by Adam Bargteil, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
'Jurassic Park' made a dinosaur-sized leap forward in computer-generated animation on screen, 25 years agoComputer-generated dinosaurs walk the Earth.Universal Pictures Studios

With 25 years of hindsight, “Jurassic Park” marks a pivotal point in the history of visual effects in film. It came 11 years after 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” debuted computer-generated imagery for a visual effect with a particle system...

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