When computer graphics was in its infancy—well before CG dinosaurs appeared—a simple 3D model of a teapot was used for testing software and new rendering techniques. And the simple lines of Normann ...

Graphics and effects systems have come a long way in the past 20 years. (Left) Shown here is the Chiron II, the first character generator from Chyron, in use at ABC more than 30 years ago. The system ...

Ken Knowlton, an engineer, computer scientist and artist who helped pioneer the science and art of computer graphics and made many of the first computer-generated pictures, portraits and movies, died ...