From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Information International Inc. (Triple—I) was the United States’ leading producer of high-resolution computer graphics, used for television commercials and feature films alike. One of its best-known creations was “Adam Powers,” a simulated human figure who juggles brightly colored synthetic objects and who introduces the different segments of Triple—I’s demonstration reel. At the end of the reel, Powers does a somersault and disappears into his hat.