Zoopraxiscope - Wikipedia Zoopraxiscope This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2017 ) Zoopraxiscope disc by Eadweard Muybridge Simulation of a spinning zoopraxiscope 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. The device appears to have been one of the primary inspirations for Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Dickson 's Kinetoscope, the first commercial film exhibition system. Images from all of the known seventy - one surviving zoopraxiscope discs have been reproduced in the book Eadweard Muybridge : The Kingston Museum Bequest ( The Projection Box, 2004 ). See also History of cinema List of film formats Strobe light References Jump up ^ Bierend, Doug ( 29 May 2014 ). `` See Thomas Edison 's Steampunk Version of Oculus Rift ''. Wired. Condé Nast. Retrieved 4 January 2017. External links Zoopraxiscope - Royal Borough of Kingston. Information about the Eadweard Muybridge Collection. Candy Spinner mobile application featuring zoopraxiscope images : Android, Apple Precursors of film Alethoscope Anorthoscope Camera obscura Chronophotography Electrotachyscope Flip book Kaiserpanorama Kinematoscope Kinetoscope Magic lantern Megalethoscope Mutoscope Peep show Phantasmagoria Phenakistiscope Praxinoscope Shadow play Stereoscope Thaumatrope Théâtre Optique Zoetrope Zograscope Zoopraxiscope This film technology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zoopraxiscope&oldid=799040762 '' Categories : Precursors of film Film and video technology History of film History of animation Audiovisual introductions in 1879 Film technology stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from January 2017 All articles needing additional references All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Asturianu Brezhoneg Català Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français עברית Nederlands Plattdüütsch Polski Português Română Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 5 September 2017, at 08 : 15. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who invented the zöopraxiscope which projected still photographs in rapid succession
Answer: Eadweard Muybridge