Have you ever seen a zoetrope? It’s a unique device used to create the illusion of motion with a sequence of photographs! Zoetropes are also one of the earliest examples of animation! This mesmerizing Toy Story zoetrope was created right here at Pixar. | Pixar

A zoetrope is one of several pre-film animation devices that create the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs depicting the individual phases of that motion placed in a rotating cylinder. The first device of this type was invented in 1834 by the mathematician William Horner who called it the Dædaleum. . Nearly 200 years later, Kevin Holmes creates 3D Zoetropes, where instead of 2D images, he prints the individual phases of movement on a 3D printer, and by using a