Wednesday, March 31, 2004

3D Graphics Development Team for sale The computer graphics team responsible for creating the special effects in movies such as The Matrix, Mission Impossible and The Last Samurai have decided to put the entire team up for sale on Ebay following moves to sell off the entire team from technology company Discreet.

As I write, the bidding is currently at $560, with two days to go.

More at BBC News.

Update: the winning bid was $910. 

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