"Final Fantasy," CGI, and the Future, by Rob Bellamy, PowerWeb Weekly Update, July 16, 2001 http://www.dushkin.com/powerweb/0072426861/weekly2.mhtml?filename=mc07-16-01
(Please have your user ID and password ready.) - CGI blurs the distinctions between reality and the artistic image. While the technology no doubt is a form of artistic expression that should be explored, will, or should, imagery be able to replicate or alter reality for purely commercial reasons?
- Could this technology be willingly used to alter our understanding of history?
- Will it be used to insert new images in existing work and alter their meaning?
- Will it create more unemployment, as technology is already doing in so many professions, including radio and television?
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