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1969
Computer Image Corporation founded
SCANIMATE commercialized - Lee Harrison
Genesys animation system - Ron Baecker
Computer Space arcade game built by Nolan Bushnell
Xerox PARC founded
Lee Harrison's CAESAR animation system
Bell Labs builds first framebuffer (3 bits)
1st use of CGI for commercials - MAGI for IBM
Graphical User Interface (GUI) developed by Xerox (Alan Kay)
SIGGRAPH formed (began as special interest committee in 1967 by Sam Matsa and Andy vanDam)
ComputerVision, Applicon, Vector General founded
ARPANET is born
1970
Sonic Pen 3-D input device
Watkins algorithm for visible surfaces
Imlac PDS-1 programmable graphics computer marketed
John Staudhammer starts NCSU Graphics Lab at NC State
Pierre Bezier from Renault develops Bezier freeform curve representation
1971
Gouraud shading (Ref: Gouraud, Henri. Continuous Shading of Curved Surfaces. IEEE Transactions on Computers C-20(6), June 1971, p. 623-29. )
Ramtek founded
Interactive Graphics for Computer-Aided Design (Prince) published
MCS (Manufacturing and Consulting Services) founded by Patrick Hanratty, considered the "father" of mechanical CAD/CAM
Robert Abel and Associates founded
1972
MAGI Synthevision started (Bo Gehring)
CGRG founded at Ohio State
Emmy awarded to Lee Harrison for SCANIMATE
Alto computer introduced by Xerox PARC (Alan Kay)
Megatek, Summagraphics founded
Utah hand (Catmull) and face (Parke) animations produced (Ref: Catmull, Edwin. A System for Computer Generated Movies. Proceedings of the ACM National Conference August 1972, p. 422-431. and Parke, Frederic I. Computer Generated Animation of Faces. Proceedings of the ACM National Conference 1972, p. 451-457.)
Computer Graphics and Image Processing journal begins publication
8-bit frame buffer developed by Dick Shoup at Xerox PARC
Sandin Image Processor - Dan Sandin, Univ. Illinois-Chicago Circle
Atari formed (Nolan Bushnell)
Newell, Newell and Sancha visible surface algorithm (Ref: Newell, M. E., R. G. Newell and T. L. Sancha. A Solution to the Hidden Surface Problem. Proceedings of the ACM National Conference 1972, p. 443-450)
video game Pong developed for Atari
Graphics Symbiosis System (GRASS) developed at Ohio State by Tom DeFanti
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