These little animated snippets were video-ed ‘off the screen’ back in the early 80’s
Animation … and Advertising
These videos of the Bank of America Videotex Field Trial were recorded in 1982, displayed on the “browsers” of that time. Notice how the pictures draw slowly element-by-element on the screen (limitations of the technology). Built-in animation was a big part of the “user experience” of early interactive products.
The ‘sequential build‘ of early interactive graphics lent itself perfectly to these little stories.
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Fun Fact: All of these animations were- of necessity – less than 3000 bytes
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
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