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History of Computer Graphics – 1950s to 2010s Nitish Agarwal The Crazy Programmer

In this article, we will study how the present graphics have evolved over time, thus helping us interact with such great interfaces and enriching our user experience. 1950s So, the development of computer graphics started in the early 1950s, when projects like Whirlwind and Sage developed the Cathode Ray Tube which was used to display visual graphics and a light pen was used as an input device to write on the board. In 1895, the first video game – Tennis for two with interactive graphics was developed by William Higinbotham to entertain the visitors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Later on, many advancements were done in the same decade like the development of a TX2 computer along with sketchpad software which helped to draw basic shapes on the screen using a light pen and saving them for future use. 1960s The term ‘Computer Graphics’ was coined by William Fetter in 1960. In 1963, E.E. Zajac, of the Bell Telephone Laboratory created a film using animations and graphics whi