Samantha Rivera 2D Computer Graphics Timeline

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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 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Face Animations used in Films

    Real- time face animation is now used in films by game developers.