While visiting SeaWorld this week and watching schools of fish with friends, I tried to explain the original Boid flocking algorithm by Craig Reynolds and how important it was to all computer science. I mentioned a VERY early CGI short called “Breaking the Ice”, which used it. Remember, the clip was created 7 YEARS before Pixar released Toy Story! It turns out the video was the first to use Craig’s ideas, and its own Youtube.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bTqWsVqyzE
Wiki on Video: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_and_Stella_in:_Breaking_the_Ice Wiki on Flocking Boids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids
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