Computers: Computers animate films and video: Computers permit spectacular visual effects and take the drudgery out of film cartooning

A construction machine resembling a huge ant trundles across uneven terrain on an isolated asteroid, its mechanical, segmented legs shimmering in the sunlight... A “solar sailer” craft, powered by the pressure of light, soars in a weird, gridlike scene... Suddenly a dead world is brought to luxuriant life.