The History of Visual Magic in Computers How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR /

• Main Author: Peddie, Jon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Multimedia information systems.; Computer graphics.; Computer-aided engineering.; Graphic design.; Popular works.; Engineering design.; Computer Science.; Computer Graphics.; Graphic Design.; Popular Science, general.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Engineering Design.

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...