“GOKU” by Magic Box Productions – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“GOKU” by Magic Box Productions




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Title:


    GOKU

Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Company / Institution / Agency:


  • Magic Box Productions

Description:


    This pilot is an experiment in real-time puppet animation and detailed background settings. Designed for the HDTV medium, GOKU depicts the future of computer-generated backgrounds for the simulation ride industry in addition to real-time characters for the broadcast industry. Proprietary translators were written to fully utilize the most efficient elements of several software packages.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: Silicon Graphics Indigo 4000,
    Reality Engine, HDTV Recording

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: TDI Explore


Additional Contributors:


    Producers: Hirofumi Ito, Jean Kim
    Contributors
    Hanging Gardens of Babylon: Atsushi Satoh
    Pyramid: Debbie Pashkoff
    Technical: Neoglyphiks, Inc., Todd Allendorf
    Sponsor: G7 Project
    Copyright: G7 Project

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