Following from our main story on RenderMan ‘s 25th anniversary – we had requests to hear more from Pixar’s Loren Carpenter.
In this special bonus audio podcast for fxinsider members, fxguide’s Mike Seymour talks to Pixar Chief Scientist Loren Carpenter about the history of Pixar and RenderMan, which is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary – Plus some great stories we could not include in the RenderMan Story – such as Loren’s SIGGRAPH ’91 Electronic Theater ‘Audience Participation’ Pong video, and his fractal animation film Vol Libre.
You can also read our coverage of 25 years of RenderMan and hear our interview with President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios Ed Catmull.
Watch Loren Carpenter’s SIGGRAPH ’91 Electronic Theater ‘Audience Participation’ video. Courtesy of, and special thanks to, ACM SIGGRAPH.
Above: watch Loren Carpenter’s Vol Libre.