Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!oliveb!sun!vector!poynton From: poynton@vector.Sun.COM (Charles A. Poynton) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Computer Graphics & Entertainment Message-ID: <96238@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 28 Mar 89 23:56:47 GMT References: <1530@wpi.wpi.edu> <1530@wpi.wpi.edu> <1530@wpi.wpi.edu> <96003@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1530@wpi.wpi.edu> <250@anselm.UUCP> <10158@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Lines: 10 Apparently Star Trek's transporter was developed when the production people realized that filming a different planetary landing or spaceship docking sequence every show would blow the budget. It was orders of magnitude less expensive to do the cheap optical effect. ----- Charles A. Poynton Sun Microsystems Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue, MS 8-04 415-336-7846 Mountain View, CA 94043 -----