How the Original ‘Tron’ Changed Movies Forever, and Why It Didn’t Win an Oscar in 1983

Steven Lisberger's 1982 sci-fi classic 'Tron' was a major innovator in visual effects for its revolutionary use of ...
Gameranx

Grand Theft Auto IV Gets Modded With Path Tracing – Going Far Beyond Fusion Fix

A modder has made an even bigger improvement to Grand Theft Auto IV than Fusion Fix. xoxor4d created an Nvidia RTX Remix build for the game that runs on path traced graphics. This makes it the most ...

Disney Animators Didn’t Want to Work on the Original ‘Tron’

For many old-school, hand-drawn animators and artists, it evoked the same response that A.I. art does for many today. "The ...
Yahoo

Sifting Through A.I. Slop: What’s Real, What’s Not, and Why It Matters

You’ve probably encountered images in your social media feeds that look like a cross between photographs and computer-generated graphics. Some are fantastical — think Shrimp Jesus — and some are ...
Hackaday

Early Computer Art From The 1950s And 1960s

Modern day computer artist, [Amy Goodchild] surveys a history of Early Computer Art from the 1950s and 1960s. With so much attention presently focused on AI-generated artwork, we should remember that ...
Well+Good

Will cycling in front of a big screen catch on as a fitness trend?

Recently, I felt my stomach drop as I pedaled as fast as possible over a steep hill—except that the hill was a computer-generated graphic and I was riding a stationary spin bike in Manhattan. The ...