In image-processing and animation, traditional filmmaking techniques could be replaced by realistic computer-generated scenes. Real actors would be computed and placed in real scenes.
Predictor: Bell, Gordon
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article for The Futurist, an unknown author writes about C. Gordon Bell, at the time the chief scientist at Stardent Computer. The article says:”1-gigbit chips could be in use by 2002 … This new power of computers will affect some areas quite dramatically, says Bell. For instance, in image-processing and animation, traditional filmmaking techniques could be replaced by realistic computer-generated scenes. Real actors would be computed and placed in real scenes.”
Biography:Gordon Bell proposed a plan for a U.S. research and education network in a 1987 report to the Office of Science and Technology in response to a congressional request by Al Gore. He was a technology leader at Digital Equipment Corporation (where he led the development of the VAX computer) and with Microsoft. (Technology Developer/Administrator)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: The Futurist
Title, headline, chapter name: Computers in the 21st Century
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Vol. 26, Issue 2, Page 51ISSN: 00163317
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney