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minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoThe first simulated images were actually computed decades ago, but I think Interstellar had the most detailed simulation by a high margin https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/first-ever-image-black-hole-cnrs-researcher-had-simulated-it-early-1979 Interstellar spent 100 hours of mainframe compute time per frame to simulate a black hole https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/black-hole-photo-christopher-nolan-insterstellar-predicted-look-1202057414/
minus-squareOrganicMustard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWow, that first one is so cool. Yeah, I misremembered the Interstellar paper that said it was the first simulation for a movie and thought it was the first image simulation ever. It’s even referencing the old one there.
The first simulated images were actually computed decades ago, but I think Interstellar had the most detailed simulation by a high margin
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/first-ever-image-black-hole-cnrs-researcher-had-simulated-it-early-1979
Interstellar spent 100 hours of mainframe compute time per frame to simulate a black hole
https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/black-hole-photo-christopher-nolan-insterstellar-predicted-look-1202057414/
Wow, that first one is so cool.
Yeah, I misremembered the Interstellar paper that said it was the first simulation for a movie and thought it was the first image simulation ever. It’s even referencing the old one there.