Banquet Speaker: What's Next?: The Third Wave in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

• Published in: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 2012-04, Vol.18 (4), p.xiii-xiv
• Main Author: Kasik, D. J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1077-2626; 1941-0506
• DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.37

Summary form only given. As a person involved in computer graphics since 1969, I have participated in the evolution of the field in a scientific laboratory, an automotive company, and an aerospace company. This set of experiences has provided me a perspective quite different from that of the arts and entertainment industries that drive the majority of current graphics advances. I've been lucky to have had the opportunity to work at all levels of graphics and user interface development, from computer animation to bit-level device drivers to user interface management systems to developing an integrated, full-scale CAD/CAM system. In addition, I've worked across all aspects of product development in aerospace and automotive. This has given me broad insight into product development-based interactive graphics. While my experience is predominantly in product development and manufacturing, I see clear parallels between the value of graphics in aerospace and automotive and value in other industries (e.g., animation, art, games, medicine, oil and gas, mapping). To develop the concept of the third wave, I'll examine some of the significant advances industry has made to computer graphics and directions I see needed because of issues with the current state-of-the-art. I believe that computer graphics, including virtual reality, is at an innovation plateau and ready for the next wave of innovation.