Beginnings

Beginnings

John Whitney

The Life of John Whitney, Computer Animation Pioneer Click Here

Beginnings
1) The reading traces the origins of digital video
2) from computer film artist John Whitney to Douglas Engelbart,
     Lucasfilm, and Pixar.
3) Mast and Kawin also outline the history of digital sound from Dolby SR to DTS.

Douglas Engelbart, best known as the inventor of the computer mouse article Click Here

Perhaps the pioneer's most well-known moment came on December 19th, 1968, when he demonstrated the "mouse" — an unheard of concept at the time — before an audience at Brooks Hall in San Francisco.