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New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab

TheComputer Graphics Labis acomputerlablocated at theNew York Institute of Technology(NYIT), founded by the late Dr.Alexander Schure.It was originally located at the "pink building" on the NYIT campus. It has played an important role in thehistory of computer graphicsand animation, as founders ofPixarandLucasfilm,includingTuring AwardwinnersEdwin CatmullandPatrick Hanrahan,began their research there.[1]It is thebirthplaceof entirely 3DCGIfilms.[2][3][4][5]

New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab
IndustryComputer animation
Founded1974;51 years ago(1974)
FounderAlexander Schure

The lab was initially founded to produce a short high-quality feature film with the project name ofThe Works.The feature, which was never completed, was a 90-minute feature that was to be the first entirely computer-generatedCGImovie. Production mainly focused aroundDECPDPandVAXmachines.

Many of the original CGL team now form the elite of the CG and computer world with members going on toSilicon Graphics,Microsoft,Cisco,NVIDIAand others, includingPixarpresident, co-founder andTuring laureateEd Catmull,Pixar co-founder and Microsoft graphics fellowAlvy Ray Smith,Pixar co-founderRalph Guggenheim,Walt Disney Animation Studioschief scientistLance Williams,NetscapeandSilicon GraphicsfounderJim Clark,Tableauco-founder and Turing laureatePat Hanrahan,Microsoft graphics fellowJim Blinn,Thad Beier,OscarandBaftanomineeJacques Stroweis,Andrew Glassner,and Tom Brigham. Systems programmerBruce Perenswent on to co-found theOpen Source Initiative.[6][7]

Researchers at the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab created the tools that made entirely 3DCGIfilms possible.[8][9]Among NYIT CG Lab's many innovations was an eight-bit paint system to ease computer animation.[10][11]NYIT CG Lab was regarded as the top computer animation research and development group in the worldduring the late 70s and early 80s.[12][13][14]

The 21st century

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The lab is presently located at NYIT's Long Island campus,[15][16]and NYIT currently offers a Ph.D. program in Computer Science.[17]

References

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  1. ^Pixar Animation Studios – Company History.Fundinguniverse. Retrieved on 2011-04-03.
  2. ^"NYIT and the Birth of Digital Cinema with Tom Sito | Events | NYIT".Nyit.edu. November 9, 2015. Archived fromthe originalon November 8, 2015.RetrievedFebruary 14,2016.
  3. ^Nieva, Richard (November 12, 2015)."To infinity: How Pixar brought computers to the movies".CNET.CBS Interactive.RetrievedFebruary 14,2016.
  4. ^"NYIT's Computer Graphics History Is Out of This World | Multimedia | Box Blog | NYIT".Nyit.edu. November 17, 2015.RetrievedFebruary 14,2016.
  5. ^"NYIT Magazine"(PDF).Nyit.edu.2003. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 4, 2016.RetrievedFebruary 14,2016.
  6. ^"People Behind the Pixels".
  7. ^"Brief History of the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab".
  8. ^"NYIT and the Birth of Digital Cinema with Tom Sito | Events | NYIT".nyit.edu.Archived fromthe originalon November 8, 2015.
  9. ^"To infinity: How Pixar brought computers to the movies".
  10. ^"Animator Tom Sito Presents the Birth of Digital Cinema | Box | New York Tech".
  11. ^"Light-years Ahead".
  12. ^Brief History of the New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab(retrieved 30 June 2012)
  13. ^A compilation of NYIT images and information can be found on Paul Heckbert's site(retrieved 30 June 2012)
  14. ^"New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)".biosci.ohio-state.edu.Archived fromthe originalon October 12, 2016.
  15. ^"Facilities & Resources".
  16. ^"Light-years Ahead".
  17. ^"Computer Science, Ph.D."
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