Exam 16: Computer Graphics and Entertainment: Movies, Games, and Virtual Communities

Users log on to the MMOG game server whenever they wish, using ____ software running on their home computer or laptop.

King Kong's movements in the 1933 film were created using a manual technique called ____.

Atari released its first product in 1975, an arcade game called ____.

CBS used the UNIVAC I to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election.

Since a GPU does not have to do general-purpose computing, only image processing, its instruction set can be optimized to perform the specific operations needed by CGI. _________________________

Distinguish movies from video games in terms of their interactive environments.

A point or axis used to control the motion of an object is called a key point. _________________________

Conditions in the computing environment changed dramatically in the late 1960s due to the development of ________ and integrated circuits.

The world in which the MMOG action takes place is created and managed by special computers called ____.

In a(n)____________________, there are thousands or millions of users simultaneously accessing dozens or hundreds of game servers across multiple communication channels.