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Rare 1987 Star Trek CGI Test Footage

posted 8 months ago by Satan2016 (23790)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ohn0qIKjSI
This is a rare clip showing CGI tests that were done in 1987 to see if they could use a CGI model of the NCC-1701A in upcoming Star Treks.

[–] samoanjoes (52311) 8 months ago

It was wise of them to stick with using the real model in TNG.

[–] Satan2016 (23790) 8 months ago

That was on a high end graphics workstation. In 1987 Imdb introduced VGA. It took several seconds to display 320x200 GIF!

Here's today's gaming PC: Star Trek: Firebrand - A Star Trek Fan Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-nYH9tlPsU

[–] samoanjoes (52311) 8 months ago

Lacks a little detail in some shots but looks good overall.