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A First in Film History 🎞️ In Westworld (1973), Michael Crichton became the first film director to use computer-generated imagery (CGI) as a movie special effect. Working with graphic artist John Whitney Jr. and his team, Crichton developed groundbreaking “pixelated” sequences showing the Gunslinger robot’s POV—the earliest example of motion picture CGI and a defining moment in cinematic history. From this experiment came a new visual language—the machine’s eye view—that paved the way for the f

In Westworld, Michael Crichton was the first film director to use computer generated graphics as a movie special effect. He worked closely with graphic artist John Whitney JR. and his Visual Effects team to create special computer generated “pixelated” sequences that would show how the Gunslinger robot viewed the world. These sequences, which you can see in this clip from Westworld, are the very first attempts at motion picture CGI and introduce the ‘gunslinger POV,’ the machine view of the worl