Examples of current computer graphics technology, undated

Item — video: F121

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Scope and Contents

A collaboration of short computer graphic works that demonstrate current technology from researchers at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Highlights include Ed Catmull's animated hand, carrier plane landing and takeoff simulations, and transfigurations of 3D shapes. Contents in Detail - Line Drawing: Carrier approach and landing, Creation of a Specific Complex Form (Jim Clarke), Solid Forms in Motion: Shading & Texture (Fred Parke) – human face models, Solid Forms in Motion: Shading & Texture (Ed Catmull) – hand model, Shading Techniques for Theoretical Models: Phong's Shading (Transparency), Dynamic Representation of Complex DATA (Henry Christiansen), Dynamic Representation of Complex DATA (Henry Christiansen). Contributors from the University of Utah (Ed Catmull, Jim Clarke, Fred Parke, Frank Crow, Phong Bui Tuong) and Brigham Young University (Henry Christiansen.) Equipment from Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates

undated

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