Nowadays, more and more computer graphics are used in our routine lives. From the label of goods to the wrapping paper of the gifts. Form the beautiful posters around us to the advertisements or even the news on the TV. Form our photos with friends and family to the exhibition of academy. All of these things that around us everyday are related to the computer graphics.
Important topics in computer graphics include sprite graphics, vector graphics, 3D modeling, shaders, GPU design, and computer vision, among others. (Wikipedia) In 1950s, MIT created the TX-2 computer. This computer allows people to draw picture by using the light pen. And the pictures it draw are vector-graph. In 1960s, Steve Russell, the student of MIT, created the first computer game “Space war”. In 1969, a Special Interest Group on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) had founded. In 1970s, many important breakthroughs in computer graphics were happened in University of Utah. In 1980s, Pixar created the first computer video. In 1990s, 3D pictures became more and more popular. In 2000s, video games and movies are spread everywhere. And now, our everyday life is connected to computer graphics.
For example, the photos we take are not only a photo that show store in camera by using the optics directly. We still take photos first, but we will use computer to modify it. If the light is dark, and we can change it into bright. If your skin color is not what you want in the photos, you can change it too! If you are fat, you can make yourself skimmer. So, this lead a problem that the pictures you see in the daily life may fake. They can bring you wrong message that you can’t figure out in the picture because it is so realistic.
Last year, I learnt how to use 3D Max to create 3D models. It is very charming. It can create the visual graphics which are more realistic than the 2D pictures. And, this kind of computer graphics are very popular this time. You can find them in the latest movies to make the spots more exiting, you can find them when some designers or architects are drawing their design drawing. We can also use the 3D animation to teach Science to young students so that they can understand those difficult concerts much more easier.
Computer graphics developed dramatically and deeply influences us in daily life, though they have some bad influence, they make our lives more colorful.
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