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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The first simulated images were actually computed decades ago, but I think Interstellar had the most detailed simulation by a high margin

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/first-ever-image-black-hole-cnrs-researcher-had-simulated-it-early-1979

Interstellar spent 100 hours of mainframe compute time per frame to simulate a black hole

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/black-hole-photo-christopher-nolan-insterstellar-predicted-look-1202057414/

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Wow, that first one is so cool.

Yeah, I misremembered the Interstellar paper that said it was the first simulation for a movie and thought it was the first image simulation ever. It's even referencing the old one there.