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The History of Visual Magic in Computers (Record no. 21177)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781447149323
978-1-4471-4932-3
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Classification number T385
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 006.6
Edition number 23
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-- Springer London :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2013.
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Personal name Peddie, Jon.
Relator term author.
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Title The History of Visual Magic in Computers
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Jon Peddie.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XLI, 448 p. 369 illus., 226 illus. in color.
Other physical details online resource.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Foreword by Rae Earnshaw -- Foreword by Mark Fihn -- Preface -- Introduction: The History of 3D in Computers -- Getting to 3D -- Developing the 3D Software -- Developing the Applications -- Developing the Computer -- Development of 3D Controllers -- Development of Displays: Getting to See 3D -- Stereoscopic 3D in Computers -- The Future -- Index.
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Summary, etc If you have ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuits behaved liked people and wondered, “How do they do that?”,  then you’ve experienced the magic of 3D worlds generated by a computer. 3D in computers began as a way to represent automotive designs and illustrate the construction of molecules. 3D graphics use evolved to visualizations of simulated data and artistic representations of imaginary worlds. In order to overcome the processing limitations of the computer, graphics had to exploit the characteristics of the eye and brain, and develop visual tricks to simulate realism. The goal is to create graphics images that will overcome the visual cues that cause disbelief and tell the viewer this is not real. Thousands of people over thousands of years have developed the building blocks and made the discoveries in mathematics and science to make such 3D magic possible, and The History of Visual Magic in Computers is dedicated to all of them and tells a little of their story. It traces the earliest understanding of 3D and then foundational mathematics to explain and construct 3D; from mechanical computers up to today’s tablets. Several of the amazing computer graphics algorithms and tricks came of periods where eruptions of new ideas and techniques seem to occur all at once. Applications emerged as the fundamentals of how to draw lines and create realistic images were better understood, leading to hardware 3D controllers that drive the display all the way to stereovision and virtual reality.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer science.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Multimedia systems.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer graphics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer aided design.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architectural design.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Science (General).
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering design.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer Science.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer Graphics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Graphic Design.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Popular Science, general.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Multimedia Information Systems.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering Design.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781447149316
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4932-3
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Item type E-Book
Copies
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2014-04-08AUM Main Library2014-04-08 2014-04-08 E-Book   AUM Main Library006.6

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