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  1. Components of Reality (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 57 min.

    Relates to the course textbook. Looks at how to generate realistic images with computer graphics and how to modify reality in a computer model. Section 5.1 HIDDEN SURFACE REMOVAL, RAY TRACING AND SHADOWS,...

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  2. Recent additions to the Gateway

    Date
    20 Jul 2012, 15:57
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes nearly 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  3. Protein and Nucleic Acid Structure (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 75 min., 1994 sale: £95.00 (VAT +p&p)

    An account of recent work on the structure of proteins and nucleic acids, and their aggregation into cellular organelles. Uses specially commissioned computer graphics from the IBM Scientific Centre in...

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  4. Taylor Polynomials (1978 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski; John Richmond
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    How can you work out Sin 0.5? Using computer graphics, shows just how successive Taylor polynomials for Sin x provide better and better approximations. These computer graphics lead to a comparison of the...

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  5. Search for Oil (1984)

    Director
    Clive Mitchell
    Producer
    Peter Bradford
    Subject
    Geology; Technology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min.

    A survey of modern techniques and equipment used by geologists to visualise underground geological formations in order to help locate reserves of oil and gas. Shows seismic and magnetic surveys in operation...

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  6. Teaching Videocassette 2 (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min.

    Band 1: Examines the relationship between stellar structure and nuclear physics. Band 2: Shows the tandem accelerator at Caltech, California which is used to recreate stellar conditions in order to obtain...

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  7. Newton and the Space Shuttle (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    Examines Newton’s laws of motion through a mission of the NASA space shuttle. During the mision to repair a damaged satellite, the underlying physics is emphasised, illustrated using computer graphics.

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  8. Artware: Computers in the Arts (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Art; Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Looks at some of the key proponents of the use of computers in the arts, whose reactions indicate a productive and evolving relationship between art and computing. Shows the work of the British abstract...

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  9. New Living Body, The (1995)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 10x20 minutes), £49.95 (series) £14.99 (each part)

    Ten 20-minute films about the human body, with each part using live-action film (to put the topic into context), imaging data (to show how the human body works) and computer graphics (to explain imaging...

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  10. Voyager (1982 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed a mission in the 1960s to send spacecraft to the giant outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. In 1977 Voyagers 1 & 2 were launched. The leading...

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