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Published on: 1/1/1998
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Andy Sheldon, a manager for applications marketing at Silicon Graphics, one of Hollywood's well-established players, says the creative wants and needs of the movie business are limitless."Entertainment is one of the most stringent industries of all because models become more complex, bandwidth needs increase, and creativity constantly expands to fill the capabilities of the machines," he says.
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Mr. Sheldon of Silicon Graphics says that technology his company developed for Hollywood is now used in computer-aided design, oil and gas exploration, and the analysis of everything from auto parts to sneakers."Photo realism has been a mainstay of Hollywood that the industry has brought into the realm of creating everyday objects," Mr. Sheldon says.