Image Objects
An Archaeology of Computer Graphics
Published on 3. August 2021
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-262-04503-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Though an analysis of five objects that have shaped the history of computer graphics, this book explores what historical technologies shaped and limited the development of simulated images"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
133 black and white photos, 20 colour plate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
651 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04503-2 (9780262045032)
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08/2021
MIT Press
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Person
Jacob Gaboury
Content
I Culling Vision: Hidden Surface Algorithms and the Problem of Visibility
II Random Access Images: Interfacing Memory and the History of the Computer Screen
III Model Objects: The Utah Teapot as Standard and Icon
IV Object Paradigms: On the Origins of Object Orientation
V Procedure Crystalized: The Graphics Processing Unit and the Rise of Computer Graphics
Coda: After Objects
II Random Access Images: Interfacing Memory and the History of the Computer Screen
III Model Objects: The Utah Teapot as Standard and Icon
IV Object Paradigms: On the Origins of Object Orientation
V Procedure Crystalized: The Graphics Processing Unit and the Rise of Computer Graphics
Coda: After Objects