Wave Issue 9714 6/19/97 Article 3-01

***3D Animation Market - More from the Roncarelli Report
by John Latta

The recently released Roncarelli Report on the Computer Animation
Industry provides rich insights into how rapidly the industry is
changing. In one year Windows NT went from 10% of all animation units
sold in 1995 to 67% share in 1996. The average production value in 3D on
a PC was $40K while it was $175K on workstations. However, the ratio of
the production value to machine cost on the PC is 4.2 while it is 3.8 on
workstations, also in 3D. The continuing saga of not having enough
trained animators is described in the report. In 1996 only 17,400
completed their animation schooling and entered a market that was
demanding 44,500 animators. The report is now available.

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