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Lesson Introduction to Computer Graphics Trinh Thanh Trung School of ICT, HUST Content Brief history of computer graphics Categorising computer graphics applications Basic concepts of computer graphics History of computer graphics 1960 1963 The concept of Computer Ivan Sutherland brought the idea of Graphics was introduced by Human Computer Interaction William Fetter MIT introduced the Sketchpad project 1966 Ralph Baer created first commercial applications ▪ Odyssey Pinball 1967 GE created first fly simulation system for NASA 1971 Intel created first microprocessor 4004 1973 Computer was first used to simulate 2D graphics in movie: “West World” 1975 Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates 1976 Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1977 1980-1990 The Academy Award introduced new New dedicated graphics hardware Best Visual Effect category systems were developed • 1977 - Star Wars 1983 • 1978 - Superman • 1979 - Alien Nintendo Entertainment System • 1980 - The Empire Strikes Back (NES), also known as Nintendo Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan was released 1983 First 3D graphics commercial was created by Cocacola 1984 Pixar was founded 1990-2000 1991 New hardware graphics capabilities idSoftware was founded were implemented by John Cammack ▪ 1992 – Wolfenstein 3D Graphics cards became widely used ▪ 1993 – Doom ▪ 1996 – Quake 1994 1995 Sony introduced PlayStation Pixar created Toy Story, first full 3D animation motion picture 2001 Microsoft introduced XBox 2015-2016 The rise of Virtual Reality 2015 Occulus Rift was developed (later bought by Facebook) Google provided Google Cardboard HTC created HTC Vive (in association with Valve) Sony introduced PlayStation VR Samsung introduced Samsung Gear VR Computer graphics applications categorised Categorised by field of applications ■ Graphics creation □ CAD/CAM system □ Graphics presentation □ Art and animation ■ Graphics processing □ Image processing □ Recognition □ Image analysing Categorised by functions ■ Computer imaging ■ Computer vision □ techniques attempt to provide meaning to computer images ■ Image synthetic ■ Geometry modelling Examples of computer graphics applications ■ User Interface ■ Graph representation ■ Automation and printing ■ CAD/CAM ■ Games, entertainment and simulation systems ■ GIS Square: Final Fantasy Basic concepts of computer graphics ■Computer graphics is the methods and technologies for converting data to and from graphics devices via computers