Everyone:
Next week, we will briefly discuss the history of computer graphics, computer animation, GPUs, and OpenGL. To explore these topics, you will have to either watch a movie or play a video game of historical significance.
For this week, you are to read the following articles:
To explore the history of computer graphics, you are to either watch a film of historical significant importance or play a game that represented a milestone in computer graphics.
Most of the movies and games below were taken from the articles, A Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) History and Computer Graphics - History.
For this upcoming week, you are to consider the following question as you perform the readings, discuss in class, and do the activities:
Whether it is in the theater or in your living room, computer graphics play a significant role in modern film-making and video games. How important are these visuals to you in terms of the overall experience? Consider, when do graphics detract rather than enhance these mediums and how do you compare modern 3D computer graphics to older say hand-drawn animation or 2D sprite-based graphics?
Your individual reflection should provide short reviews of the film you watched or the games you played along with photos images as evidence of your work, explore the historical significance of the film or game, and ultimately answer question above.