reading/watching

• recommended
  • Machover, C. "Four decades of computer graphics," Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE , vol.14, no.6, pp.14-19, Nov. 1994 (ncsu)
  • Whitted, T. Keynote at Pioneer dinner, SIGGRAPH 2011.
• optional
  • Wayne E. Carlson. (2017). Computer Graphics and Computer Animation: A Retrospective Overview.
  • John Warnock. (2010). Adobe co-founder John Warnock on the competitive advantages of aesthetics and the ‘right’ technology. Knowledge @ Wharton.
  • Jon Peddie. (2013). The history of visual magic in computers how beautiful images are made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR. Springer. (ncsu)

videos

• On Jack Bresenham's work (1962+)
• Ivan Sutherland demos Sketchpad in 1965 (1, 2)
• Doug Engelbart demos the mouse in 1968
  • Here is the same demo, with annotations
• Jim Blinn's animation for JPL/NASA
• Turner Whitted reflects in 2011
• Warnock reflects
• On Brunellesci's development of perspective
• Interview of Jim Blinn

sites

• Carlson's history of computer graphics
• An online history of computer graphics
• Nick England's notes on NC State graphics lab in EE
• A video index