Sir Ian Taylor, the navigator

Thu, 31 Dec 2020

Founder of Animation Research Ltd, Ian Taylor, has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his work pioneering real-time 3D visualisation.Taylor said when he heard the news he was “gobsmacked” and hesitated before accepting the title.“I thought about it, because you do have to accept it or not, and really I’m accepting it on behalf of this incredible team,” he told BusinessDesk.If Animation Research was a rock’n’roll band, Taylor said, he was just the frontman, singing songs t...

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