Ten Computer and Audio Visual Historic Facts
Sometimes we take the connections our computers give us for granted and the creations of Cinematic design. Here are 10 random facts to share some of the roads of experience the computer and audio inventors have encountered.
10. One of the first uses of audio visual was for the Disney Movie “Fantasia,” When in 1940 Disney ordered eight for Hewlett-Packard’s 200B models for the sound effect generators for the film production.
9. In 1951 UNIVAC became the first commercial computer that was used to correctly predict the presidential results between Eisenhower-Stevenson. Because of this the UNIVAC soon after became a household name.
8. IBM which stands for International Business Machines started in 1911 as a producer of punch card tabulating machines.
7. The first computer game took 200 man-hours to write and it was called Spacewar.
6. Douglas Engelbart invented the interactive computer mouse in 1964. (pictured) -It was nicknamed the mouse because the tail, wire, came out the end. In 1998, Sun Microsystems provided a laser mouse.
9. In 1951 UNIVAC became the first commercial computer that was used to correctly predict the presidential results between Eisenhower-Stevenson. Because of this the UNIVAC soon after became a household name.
8. IBM which stands for International Business Machines started in 1911 as a producer of punch card tabulating machines.
7. The first computer game took 200 man-hours to write and it was called Spacewar.
6. Douglas Engelbart invented the interactive computer mouse in 1964. (pictured) -It was nicknamed the mouse because the tail, wire, came out the end. In 1998, Sun Microsystems provided a laser mouse.
5. The floppy disk was nick named based on its flexibility and portability, which was originally called “a memory disk,” and was larger originally 8 inches in diameter.
4. A device called the "wheel of life" or "zoopraxiscope", is the first machine patented in the U.S that showed animated Cinematographe pictures or movies, in 1867
3. The Apple Macintosh was introduced to the consumer with a now famous Super Bowl advertisement based on George Orwell's novel 1984 and directed by Ridley Scott in 1984.
2. In 1982 Time magazine altered its annual tradition of it’s issue naming a "Man of the Year,” by instead choosing to name the computer as its "Machine of the Year."
1. The first computer-animated film to win an Academy Award was in 1988, the film was called ‘Tin Toy,” created by Pixar and took home the Oscar for Best animated short film.
4. A device called the "wheel of life" or "zoopraxiscope", is the first machine patented in the U.S that showed animated Cinematographe pictures or movies, in 1867
3. The Apple Macintosh was introduced to the consumer with a now famous Super Bowl advertisement based on George Orwell's novel 1984 and directed by Ridley Scott in 1984.
2. In 1982 Time magazine altered its annual tradition of it’s issue naming a "Man of the Year,” by instead choosing to name the computer as its "Machine of the Year."
1. The first computer-animated film to win an Academy Award was in 1988, the film was called ‘Tin Toy,” created by Pixar and took home the Oscar for Best animated short film.
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