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Moving images made with a computer, frame by frame or in real time. It began in the early 1960s at Bell Labs and with John Whitney's experiments.
A hundred and fifty years ago they asked, “Will photography kill art?” Fifty years ago: “Will computer animation make animators obsolete?” Once artists start playing with the tool, they say, “Oh, actually it doesn't make me obsolete.”
Aaron Hertzmann, Aaron Hertzmann on Caring about People
The dean at the time was August Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola's brother. He believed computer animation was going to be a major thing; his brother had told him so. The art department didn't want to touch it so he created a separate department but it was all lecturers with no tenure.
Jane Veeder, Jane Veeder on Loving Change