CS638 Web Clippings

These are things I've found around on the web that relate to topics in class. They are optional reading, in case you're interested...

As we mentioned in class on 9/7, the idea that light flows from the world into the eye has not always been a given. The question has an interesting connection to the history of science, and the the invention of "research" as the basis of knowledge and science. Here is an interesting essay on the subject:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m1/powers.html

 

In class, we also discussed movie projectors and other "flicker based" devices. New technologies may change how movies are presented (and created).

http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/artleisure/digital-film.html

 

Here's a game developer's discussion of Bezier cubic surfaces:

http://gamasutra.com/features/19991027/deloura_01.htm