Sometimes it is a long trail that leads to a blog posting.
from grockwel: Research Notes: Google Visualizations
Looks like Google has been developing demo visualizations, see Even More Google Photos.
which leads me to Yoz Flickring photos from the Googleplex
![[Google Genesis]](http://static.flickr.com/36/103727451_d9ed60b6df.jpg?v=0)
which looks disturbingly to me like the Genesis Effect from Star Trek II, which led me to search for some images
![[Genesis Effect]](http://accad.osu.edu/~waynec/history/images/small/genesis1.jpg)
(from A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation)
And also to today's info tidbit, perhaps of use in some future Trivial Pursuit you may be playing
[The] "Genesis sequence"
was the first completely computer-generated sequence in a film (created
by the Lucasfilm division). It just beat Tron (1982) into release
to take the honor of being the first film to use computer-generated
images (CGI).
from Milestones in Film History: Greatest Visual and Special Effects, Part 3
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