The gig: Animator Hao Li, 34, is an assistant professor of computer science at USC, running a small, newly renovated lab with five graduate students at the university’s school of engineering. His team ...

If you have an artistic inclination, yet are proficient in the use of modern technology, then you can have a lucrative career in 3D animation and graphics. This field has become very popular in the ...

Computer animation or CGI animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer-generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and ...

Wayne Carlson at Ohio State University compiled the history of computer graphics and animation from its humble beginnings in 1951. There's plenty to be learned here, so pull up a chair and a pot of ...

It’s hard to believe we’re in a world where the original Toy Story, the first fully computer-generated feature film, is more than 20 years old. Its computer animation was revolutionary for 1995, but ...

Using computers that feature a high-resolution, full-color graphical interface is commonplace today, but it took a lot of effort and ingenuity to get to this point. This long history is the topic of ...

This past weekend, you relived the wonder of Jurassic Park and remembered the first time you saw convincing CG effects on screen. But Jurassic Park built on a long legacy of computer innovation, more ...

Two men who invented game-changing 3D computer graphics techniques now widely used in the film industry have won the highest distinction in computer science: the Turing Award. If you enjoyed Toy Story ...