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Computer Animation System

Date
1976
Computer Animation System using GRASS. Support from the National Science Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, Sloan Foundation, Graham Foundation, National Endowmen for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council and Victor General Corporation. Dan Sandin and Tom DeFanti.
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