Watch a movie projected onto CLOUDS: Lasers fitted to a plane beam a galloping horse into the sky. Designers were inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's Zoopraxiscope ...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

His zoopraxiscope, which created the illusion of moving pictures, turned out to be an important precursor of modern cinema. Published - March 13, 2022 01:01 am IST. Read Comments .