Contents
PREFACE
xvii
1
Survey
of
Computer
2-2
Graphics
2
Computer-Aided Design
2-3
Presentation Graphics
'I
2-4Computer
Art
l3
2-5
Entertainment 18Education and Training
2
1
Visualization 25Image Processing
3
2
Graphical User Interfaces 3
4
Overview
of
Graphics
2
systems
35
2-6
2-1
VideoDisplayDevices36
2-7
Refresh Cathode-Ray Tubes
37
Raster-Scan Displays
40
Random-Scan Displays
41
Color CRT Monitors
42
Direct-View Storage Tubes
4.5
Flat-Panel Displays
45
Three-Dimensional Viewing Devices
49
Stereoscopic and Virtual-RealitySystemsRaster-Scan System!;Video ControllerRaster-Scan Display ProcessorRandom-Scan SystemsGraphics Monitors and WorkstationsInput DevicesKeyboards
Mouse
Trackball and SpaceballJoysticksData GloveDigitizersImage ScannersTouch PanelsLight PensVoice SystemsHard-Copy DevicesGraphics SoftwareCoordinate RepresentationsGraphics FunctionsSoftware StandardsPHIGS WorkstationsSummaryReferencesExercises
vii
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