His first zoopraxiscope was a lashed–together affair, made from bits of recycled technology, and a $35, 2-watt blue laser bought on eBay.

PROF. MUYBRIDGE'S EXPLANATION OF HIS DISCOVERIES THROUGH HIS ZOOPRAXISCOPE. Share full article. Nov. 18, 1882. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

The zoopraxiscope captured evanescence, replaying tiny moments of everyday life so we could see them in a new way. And this is precisely why animated GIFs are still popular today.

Along with maker Aaron Nielson and scientist Mike Nix, the three developed a laser version of the zoopraxiscope after having failed using a converted 16 mm cine projector to get the job done.

Inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's Zoopraxiscope, designers used lasers to beam images onto a cloud (pictured). The research was presented at Leeds Museum at the weekend.

Eadweard Muybridge is the subject of today's Google Doodle. In the process of photographing galloping horses, Muybridge invented the Zoopraxiscope, the forerunner to the motion picture projector.

The zoopraxiscope. The zoopraxiscope, meaning life, movement and vision, was invented by Eadweard Muybridge in 1879 and was one of the first moving image projectors in the world.

Long before Instagram added the hyperlapse and boomerang features, Muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope, which, much like the former, gave the effect of movement to still photography. Sign up Company ...

If you visited Google’s home page today, you might have noticed the latest Google doodle — an animation of a man riding a horse that’s meant to honor Eadweard J. Muybridge, who was born 182 ...

The zoopraxiscope was invented by Eadweard Muybridge in the late 1800’s. He realised that spinning a series of photographs or illustrations in front of the eye at a certain speed would animate the ...