Abstract
This paper examines how complex computing technology is discovered and migrated into more general use. Computing technology that has proved useful to, and enabled by, the Boeing Company and General Motors is described. The accompanying analysis shows the time to transition the technology into general use. Observations are made on the sources of technology discovery, and factors that are further slowing discovery and transitioning of new technology.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Abarbanel, R., & McNeely, W. (1996). FlyThru the Boeing 777. In Computer Graphics (p. 124). http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=253800.
Boyse, J. W. (1978). Preliminary design for a geometric modeller (GM Research Report GMR 2768). GM Research Laboratories.
Buxton, W. (2010). NUI: What’s in a name. Presentation at Microsoft Development Center, Copenhagen, Oct. 2010. http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/TechTalk-NUI-Whats-in-a-Name.
Carpenter, L. (1980). Vol Libre. http://vimeo.com/5810737.
Dill, J. (1981). An application of color graphics to the display of surface curvature. In Proceedings SIGGRAPH 1981 (pp. 153–161). http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=806801, http://mrl.nyu.edu/~elif/thesisprop/Dill81.pdf.
Dill, J. C., & Thomas, J. J. (1975). On the organization of a remote low cost intelligent graphics terminal. In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 1975 (pp. 1–8). http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/570000/563733/p1-dill.pdf?ip=143.53.47.47&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&CFID=69066836&CFTOKEN=13870923&__acm__=1321522150_3aeff8c0cdde06e293c958129246d82b.
Hargreaves, B., Joyce, J. D., Cole, G. L., Foss, E. D., Gray, R. G., Sharp, E. M., Sippel, R. J., Spellman, T. M., & Thorpe, R. A. (1964). Image processing hardware for a man-machine graphical communication system. In Proceeding AFIPS ’64 (Fall, Part I, pp. 27–29). New York: ACM.
Jacks, E. L. (1964). A laboratory for the study of graphical man-machine communication. In AFIPS conference proceedings: Vol. 26 (Part 1, pp. 343–350). Arlington: AFIPS Press. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1464082.
Kasik, D. (1982). A user interface management system. Computer Graphics, 16(3), 99–106. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=801268.
Kasik, D. (2011). The third wave in computer graphics and interactive techniques. IEEE Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 31(4), 89–93. http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/0811/whatsnew/cga.
Krull, F. (1994). The origin of computer graphics within general motors. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 16(3), 40–56. https://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/PDFs/CGatGM.pdf.
Lane, J., Carpenter, L., Whitted, T., & Blinn, J. (1980). Scan line methods for displaying parametrically defined surfaces. Communications of the ACM, 21, 1980. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=358815.
Mandelbrot, B. (1982). Fractals: Form, chance, and dimensions. New York: WH Freeman and Co.
McNeely, W., Puterbaugh, K., & Troy, J. (1999). Six degree-of-freedom haptic rendering using voxel sampling. In Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH, 1999 (pp. 401–408). http://arnetminer.org/viewpub.do?pid=593684.
Reeves, W. (1983). Particle systems—a technique for modeling a class of fuzzy objects. Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 1983, Computer Graphics, 17(3), 359–376. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=801167, http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=357320.
Thomas, J., & Cook, K. (Eds.) (2005). Illuminating the path. New York: IEEE Press. http://nvac.pnl.gov/agenda.stm.
Warn, D. (1983). Lighting controls for synthetic images. Computer Graphics, 17(3), 13–21. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=801127.
Wikipedia (2011a). Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fetter.
Wikipedia (2011b). Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_graphics.
Wikipedia (2011c). Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality.
Yoon, S., Stephens, A., Kasik, D., & Manocha, D. (2008). Real-time massive model rendering. Morgan-Claypool.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer-Verlag London Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Dill, J., Kasik, D.J. (2012). Discovering and Transitioning Technology. In: Dill, J., Earnshaw, R., Kasik, D., Vince, J., Wong, P. (eds) Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualization. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2804-5_27
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2804-5_27
Publisher Name: Springer, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-2803-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-2804-5
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)