Post-Retreat Treat: Is Nothing New? – Mark Schubin, SchubinCafe.com
Program notes: “Photographic stereoscopic 3D movies were patented in 1852. Global transmissions to theaters were described in 1877. Video journalists, home shopping, online courses? 1882. Sportscasts? 1884. Motion-platform simulators? Broadcast schedules? The 24-hour news cycle? Be amazed!”
No fiction, no unachieved proposals:
1895, “The Execution of Mary Stuart”, using camera stop/start to replace an actor with a dummy for a beheading. 1790, a two-frame “motion picture” projector. 1928 video disc. Laser projection: laser in 1960, Laser Video 1972. 2014 Sochi olympics public viewing areas for 4K you can’t see at home; in 1936 Olympics also public viewing areas:
Large flat-panel display? 1910, NYC billboard with a 30 second loop:
Animation: the images to the right are the punched paper tapes that drive the display:
Scophony: large-screen TV… in 1938. And so on…
Disclosure: HPA let me attend the conference on a press pass, but I’m paying for my travel, hotel, and meals out of my my own pocket. No company or individual mentioned in my coverage has offered any compensation or other material consideration for a write-up.
