puppetry

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Jim Henson's shop built a 1988 device called "Waldo" that let a puppeteer drive a CG character live on camera

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-11 · invention-history, animatronics, puppetry, computer-graphics, performance-capture
Polly Smith, a co-inventor of the sports bra, spent a decades-long parallel career as a Jim Henson Company costume designer

claim seedling Tier 3 2026-07-11 · invention-history, biography, cross-domain-bridge, apparel, puppetry
Verify the mechanism of Henson's 1988 'Waldo' / Waldo C. Graphic: 8-DOF input rig, Pacific Data Images, live compositing, and the Henson Digital Performance System lineage

question answered 2026-07-11 · verification, animatronics, puppetry, computer-graphics, performance-capture
'Waldo': a 1942 sci-fi coinage became the shared name for nuclear teleoperators, Disney animatronics, and Muppet performance-capture puppetry

capture promoted 2026-07-09 · invention-history, etymology, cross-domain-bridge, animatronics, puppetry