The Computer Graphics International 1996 conference in Pohang, Korea, highlighted research in areas such as kinematic control of articulated figures, ray tracing optimization, and realistic human body deformations for animation and virtual reality.

Additionally, a Smirnoff commercial released in 1996 pioneered the use of the "bullet time" technique, which involved capturing images with still cameras and playing them back in sequence to create a slow-motion effect, a technique later popularized by The Matrix in 1999

The cassette skip feature, often referred to as "Blank Skip" or "Auto Music Search," allows a cassette player to automatically fast-forward to the next song when it detects a period of silence between tracks.