first ever 3d animation (40 year old 3d computer graphics pixar 1972)

This historical video was recently rediscovered after being lost for many years. It was produced in 1972 and is believed to be the world s first computergenerated 3D animation. It was created by Ed Catmull, a true pioneer of 3D technology, who was a computer scientist at the University of Utah (birthplace of the famous Utah teapot. ) If the name sounds familiar, it s because a few years later he was one of the founders of Pixar.