An amazingly detailed and comprehensive list of visual effects milestones that span from Eadweard Muybridge's THE HORSE IN MOTION in 1878 to present. Honored and humbled to have contributed to 7 films on this list. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) "The film was hailed for having photo-realistic, life-like images. It was the first feature film to use motion capture to create realistic digital humans." The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) "CGI-imagery was combin

CONGRATULATIONS to John Dykstra, a visionary in the VFX field! It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. I had the pleasure of working with John twice. The first time was in the early 90's when he came to the ACCLAIM corporate headquarters in Long Island, New York where we built the advanced $USD10 million dollar motion capture studio, the first worldwide dedicated to entertainment. John captured realistic human motion for the BATMAN FOREVER film, which is known as the first