“Panspermia” by Sims

Conference:

• SIGGRAPH 1990

SIGGRAPH Video Review:

Issue 62: Supercomputing '90 Featuring Pieces from SIGGRAPH '90

Track:

07

Title:

Panspermia

Director(s):

• Karl Sims

Company / Institution / Agency:

• Thinking Machines Corporation

Description:

Panspermia: The theory that life exists and is distributed throughout the universe in the form of germs or spores.

Hardware:

HARDWARE: Connection Machine CM-2

Software:

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: CM-Render and simulation software written in
Starlisp for data-parallel execution

Additional Contributors:

Produced by: Karl Sims,Thinking Machines Corporation
Organization: Lew Tucker
Sound: Dave Atherton, David Grimes, Steve Blake, Target Productions

Animation / Video Overview:

SIGGRAPH 1990 Animation / Video

Type:

Animation / Video