Solid modeling with hardware (panel session)

Abstract

The extremely rapid growth of computer graphics is due, in large measure, to the application of leading-edge technology devices. Initially, these devices were not inspired by graphics applications. However, the market has become so large that display oriented semi-conductor devices are becoming specialty product lines. In turn these devices are leading to different display hardware architectures which will profoundly influence emerging capabilities in computer graphics. The future will be shaped as much by these technical innovations as by the economic trends they engender. The panel will examine the forces behind these technological changes and estimate their influence on directions for the computer graphics industry.