2D Computer Graphics - Cesar Bolivar

By Cesar Bolivar

  • The Start

    The Start
    2D computer graphics started in the 1950s, based on vector graphics devices. These were largely supplanted by raster-based devices in the following decades.

  • The Whirlwind computer

    The Whirlwind computer
    The Whirlwind computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the first computer with a video display of real time data.

  • The Apple II, Star Wars ...

    The Apple II, Star Wars ...
    The Apple II is the first graphics personal computer.
    Star Wars is released; its only computer effects were vector-based, and then filmed.
    CADAM, the first commercial 2D CAD package, is released.
    McDonnell Douglas buys United Computing, forming Unigraphics.

  • First Full CGI

    First Full CGI
    Toy Story, the first fully CGI movie, is released.

  • Final Fantasy movie is released. Rendering tears and water are now possible

    Final Fantasy movie is released. Rendering tears and water are now possible
    Final Fantasy movie is released.
    Rendering tears and water are now possible; the movement of hair still un-renderable.
    EDS buys SDRC; Unigraphics and I-deas CAD packages merged to for NX.