About four or five years ago one began to hear about the enormous interest being taken in on-line consoles and displays. Nothing much was done with them, but computer men felt that this was the way computing ought to go: one might dispense with cards, and overcome many of the problems of man-machine communication. It quickly appeared that, as with computers, there had been a great under estimation of the amount of work involved, of the difficulties of programming, and of the cost. So it began to emerge that graphics was not the ultimate answer, in spite of superb demonstrations where one might watch a square being converted into a cube and then rotated. But my mind goes back to 1951 and the first computers. There, there were demonstrations of arithmetic speed and storage facility; but not much idea of actual use. However, we now understand how to use computers, and in the last year or two, significant developments in the field of graphics have led to genuine applications, and economic benefits. The equipment is still expensive, but it is becoming cheaper, more uses are being found, and f believe that we are just at the stage when the subject is gaining momentum, to become, like computers, a field of immense importance.
Author(s): R. D. Parslow (editor), R. W. Prowse (editor), R. Elliot Green (editor)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 1975
Language: English
Pages: 234
City: New York
Tags: Arithmetic; Communication; Computer Graphics; Development; Programming; Storage; Techniques
Front Matter
Pages i-xiv
Systems, Equipment, Techniques, and Trends
Front Matter
Pages xv-xv
What Has Computer Graphics to Offer?
Samuel M. Matsa
Pages 1-6
Computer Graphics Hardware Techniques
D. R. Evans
Pages 7-15
Computer Graphics Software Techniques
S. Bird
Pages 17-27
Interactive Software Techniques
A. R. Rundle
Pages 29-39
Computer Display System Tradeoffs
Harry H. Poole
Pages 41-59
Computer Graphics in the United States
C. Machover
Pages 61-83
The U.K. Scene
F. E. Taylor
Pages 85-89
Low Cost Graphics
Murray A. Ruben
Pages 91-97
Remote Display Terminals
R. Elliot Green
Pages 99-107
Applications, Installations
Front Matter
Pages N1-N1
Graphical Computer Aided Programming Systems
C. W. Gear
Pages 109-117
Alphanumeric Terminals for Management Information
A. E. P. Fitz
Pages 119-123
Computer Graphics Used for Architectural Design and Costing
P. E. Walter
Pages 125-133
Graphical Output in a Research Establishment
F. M. Larkin
Pages 135-140
Appendix to Graphical Output in a Research Establishment
F. M. Larkin
Pages 141-148
High Energy Physics Applications
P. M. Blackall, J. C. Lassalle, C. Vandoni, A. Yule
Pages 149-159
Mechanical Design Using Graphics
B. T. Torson
Pages 161-167
Electronic Design Using Graphics
D. C. McDouall
Pages 169-177
Man-Machine Co-operation on a Learning Task
Roger A. Chambers, Donald Michie
Pages 179-186
Some Hardware, Software and Applications Problems
Roger W. Prowse
Pages 187-206
For the Computer Technologist
Front Matter
Pages N2-N2
Present-day Computer Graphics Research
R. Elliot Green
Pages 207-216
Back Matter
Pages N3-233
