Computer Graphics Lab

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The Computer Graphics Lab was a computer lab located at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) back in the late 1970s. It was originally located at the "pink building" on the NYIT campus.

The lab was started to produce a short high quality feature with the project name of The Works. This was never completed although millions of dollars were invested into it. It was to be a 90 minute feature that was to be the first entirely Computer generated CGI movie. Production mainly focused around DEC PDP and VAX machines.

It was linked to Computer Graphics Laboratory Inc.

Many of the original CGL team now form the elite of the CG and computer world with members going on to Silicon Graphics, Microsoft, Cisco, Nvidia and others.

[edit] External links

• Brief History of the Computer Graphics Lab at NYIT