<P> The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures . Created by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879 , it may be considered the first movie projector . The zoopraxiscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion . The stop - motion images were initially painted onto the glass , as silhouettes . A second series of discs , made in 1892 -- 1894 , used outline drawings printed onto the discs photographically , then colored by hand . Some of the animated images are highly complex , featuring multiple combinations of sequences of animal and human movement . </P>
<P> The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures . Created by photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge in 1879 , it may be considered the first movie projector . The zoopraxiscope projected images from rotating glass disks in rapid succession to give the impression of motion . The stop - motion images were initially painted onto the glass , as silhouettes . A second series of discs , made in 1892 -- 1894 , used outline drawings printed onto the discs photographically , then colored by hand . Some of the animated images are highly complex , featuring multiple combinations of sequences of animal and human movement . </P>
who invented the zöopraxiscope which projected still photographs in rapid succession
who invented the zöopraxiscope which projected still photographs in rapid succession
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge