The IMI 500 in use at Cranston/Csuri Productions (1985)
The graphics display company Interactive Machines Inc., of Westlake Village, California was headed by former Digital Productions Vice President of Operations and Executive Technical Director Ken Dozier, who was President and CEO from 1984 to 1989. IMI specialized in the design and manufacturing of advanced real-time computer graphics systems for the aerospace flight simulation industry. The capabilities of the IMI display environment resulted in many motion picture and television special effects companies adopting the equipment (particularly the IMI 500) as their primary computer graphics system. IMI appeared in Fortune Magazine’s “Companies to Watch” and the Los Angeles Times business section.
Clients included: Universal Studios, Disney Studios, Cranston/Csuri, Pacific
Data Images, Digital Productions, Bo Gehring, Mr. Film, Japan Computer Graphics
Lab, and Computer FX London. Additional contracts in excess of $50 million were
established with various universities, aerospace companies and federal agencies.
"BREAKTHRU: Spherical Mapping by the IMI -500 Mini Supercomputing,"
Computer Pictures Magazine, A
Back Stage Publication, January 1985.
The IMI 500 in use at Cranston/Csuri Productions (1985)