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Computer Graphics First Used
The very first computer assisted graphics began in many different unrelated fields around the world. In MIT it was being used to calculate global lighting models. -
Computer Graphics begin to be used for art
Computer assisted graphics started to be used by people like Charles Csuri and John Whitley Sr.
Many artistic films were made at Bell Labs by artists and programmers. -
The First Popular Computer Graphic Game is Made
It was called Spacewar and it was made by MIT students Steve Russell, Slug Russell, Shag Graetz, and Alan Kotok. The graphics were controlled by joysticks. -
The first consumer computer graphics game is made
It was called Odyssey and it was made by Ralph Baer of Sanders Associates. It was later marketed at Magnavox. -
Commercial use of Computer Graphics picked up by Broadcast Video Market
Companies like Image West, Dolphin Productions and Computer Image Corp used these graphics machines to introduce new images to both broadcast clients and viewers at home. -
First Fully Animated Film is Made
Hunger by Peter Foldes used geometric techniques like Charles Csuri to create the film. -
First time Digital Compositing is used for Morion Picture Work
The movie “Where the Wild Things Are” was done at Disney and used CG backgrounds and rendering. -
Star Wars/ Episode 1 uses Best Digital Effect Shots seen
It used almost 2000 state-of-the-art digital effect shots. -
Face Animations used in Films
Real- time face animation is now used in films by game developers.
