blog/content/posts/2012-07-19-first-computer-generated-graphics-film-from-1963.md

type	title	linkurl	author	date	tags
link	First computer generated graphics film from 1963	http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2012/7/18/AT&T-Archives-First-Computer-Generated-Graphics-Film	Matthias Kretschmann	2012-07-19 12:30:56+00:00	design history

From the AT&T; Archives:

This film was a specific project to define how a particular type of satellite would move through space. Edward E. Zajac made, and narrated, the film, which is considered to be possibly the very first computer graphics film ever. Zajac programmed the calculations in FORTRAN, then used a program written by Zajac's colleague, Frank Sinden, called ORBIT. The original computations were fed into the computer via punch cards […]