1. Introducción a la Computación Gráfica

2. Introduction
Is a sub-field of Computer Engineering that is responsible for studying the methods to represent and manipulate of visual content. It covers the study of 2D, 3D and digital image processing.
We are going to focus on the mathematical and computational part of the generation and processing of images.

3. Applications Some uses of computer graphics are :
Scientific Visualization:

4. Applications
Photo-realistic images.

5. Applications
Virtual Reality.
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6. Applications Augmented Reality.
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7. Applications
User Interface.

8. Applications Videogames; Art; Digital Images Processing;
Computer Aided Design;

9. Chronological Table 1946 - ENIAC. First general-purpose computer.
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1950 – CRT, Cathode Ray Tube and optical pen.

11. Chronological Table 1952 – OXO, one of the first videogames.
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1961 – Spacewar.
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13. Chronological Table 1963 – Sketchpad by Ivan Sutherland.
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1968 – The Sword of Damocles, first virtual reality system.
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1970 – First workgroup specialized in computer graphics. Jim Clark, co-founder of Silicon Graphics.
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1972 – Atari and videogame Pong.

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1980 – SIGGRAPH (Special Interested Group on Graphics). Loren Carpenter and his computer generated movie: “Vol libre”.

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1981 – Loren Carpenter enters LucasFilm, and creates the software REYES (Render Everything You Ever Saw).
1986 – Pixar, and RenderMan.

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1992 – OpenGL.
1993 – Doom por ID Software.

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1995 – Toy Story. Play Station and Direct 3D.

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1997 – First hardware to accelerate graphics, 3Dfx Voodoo 3D.

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1999 – Appears the first GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). Videogame Final Fantasy VIII.

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2001 – Movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

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2003 – Shaders and “Physics” in the apps.

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2005 – GPUs in parallel.

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2006 – GPGPU, General Purpose Graphic Processing Unit.

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2009 –GPU and CPU are integrated in one chip.

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2010 – Natural user interface (NUI).

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2011 – Cloud processing.

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2014 – Physically Based Rendering.

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2015. New gadgets for Virtual Reality.

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