“Deus ex Machine” by Wooten – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Deus ex Machine” by Wooten

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Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    16

Title:


    Deus ex Machine

Director(s):


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Georgia Institute of Technology

Description:


    A steam engine comes briefly to life and drives a warehouse full of Victorian belt-driven machines in this student production. Kinematic and dynamic simulations guarantee that the motions of the machines are physically correct.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics Reality engine

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Wavefront, RenderMan, SD-fast,
    in-house animation software


Additional Contributors:


    Producer: Brian Guenter
    Contributors
    Director: Wayne Wooten
    Animation: Mary Ann Frogge, Wayne Wooten
    Modeling: Jack Freeman, Mary Ann Frogge, Lonnie Harvel, Tom Meyer, Heather Pritchett, Scott Robertson
    Cinematography: Tom McGill, Scott Robertson, Jerome Solomon
    Original Soundtrack: Jack Freeman
    Particle Stream: Steve Cover
    Story Board: Paul Chaney
    Special Thanks: Jim Foley, Ray Haleblian, Jessica Hodgins, MMTL, Technical Industries
    Sponsor: Jim Foley, GVU Lab, Georgia Tech
    Copyright: 1993 Brian Guenter, Jack Freeman, Mary Ann Frogge, Wayne Wooten

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