MmmMaarten Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Interested in computers, graphics, animations, games, vr, interactives and internet? Computer graphics, animations and interactions are now self-evident. You just have to pick up your smartphone, tablet, desktop computer or what else and you feel intuitively when you have to swipe, click, drag or pinch zoom. You also expect nothing less than nice interfaces with smooth animations. But it wasn't always like this... There were times where there were no editors like Photo and Designer, nor Illustrator, nor Photoshop, and even computers and animations of frames didn't exist... I wrote a blog series of six where I like to take you on a journey through time with our focus on learning about the development before and during the creation of computers, digital graphics, animations, graphical interfaces, graphics software, interactivity, 3D, a pinch of the first games, the creation of the internet and a touch of virtual reality. I have made more than 110 illustrations for this series with Affinity Designer and also provide each part with at least one interactive to bring the events alive as good as possible for you. Part 1 is out there now! Hope you like it and I'm sure you learn something new from it and be surprised by some events! There will be a new part every month from now. Enjoy! English: History Interactive Computer Graphics - Part 1 Dutch: Geschiedenis Interactieve Computergraphics - Deel 1 Wosven, Alfred, CLC and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninjag-O-G Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 This looks awesome, definitely following this! MmmMaarten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Very nice! I love it … MmmMaarten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks a lot for your compliments, likes and views guys. Next part will be about a very interesting time in history... when the computer-age really got started! ... without that part of history nothing we use today in computer graphics and games would even exist! So no Affinity would be here if this part of history would be missing... Watch this space! @Alfred @Madame @Roger C @GarryP @Wosven @A_B_C @WatcherMagic dutchshader, Wosven, Alfred and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Well, it's been a while, I've been very busy last months and I take writing blogs seriously and like to serve quality content. So sorry you had to wait sooo long, but the second part of the series will go live soon! ...And there will be a little oldfashioned GAME inside! (and it's not or ) @Alfred @Madame @Roger C @GarryP @Wosven @A_B_C @WatcherMagic Alfred, Wosven, Roger C and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Really looking forward to it. MmmMaarten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Hey.. I did'nt see this before! You are so talented and clever! Fantastic work! Thank you! MmmMaarten 1 Quote - Affinity Photo 1.8.6 - Affinity Designer 1.8.6 -Affinity Publisher 1.8.6 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Big Sur v.11.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/16/2019 at 8:10 PM, Madame said: Hey.. I did'nt see this before! You are so talented and clever! Fantastic work! Thank you! Thanks for this nice compliment and nice to see you like it! Madame 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 Yes!! Part 2 is (finally!) out in the open now! Hope you like it! There will be a new part in between a month and a few months from now, as soon as possible, but quality content. Already working on it. In the end there will be 6 parts in total. Collect them all ! This time with an oldfashioned game inside that fits this period of history! Enjoy! English: History Interactive Computer Graphics - Part 2Dutch: Geschiedenis Interactieve Computergraphics - Deel 2 @Alfred @Madame @Roger C @GarryP @Wosven @A_B_C @WatcherMagic @John Rostron @Renzatic @dutchshader Wosven, Alfred, A_B_C and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Nooit verwacht dat het idee voor een hyperlink al uit mijn geboortejaar 1965 komt, weer een top blog. MmmMaarten 1 Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Very nice work. Are you aware of the PLATO project from the 1960-80s? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system) It is fairly unknown today but was, allegedly, the first place we saw plasma screens, multi-touch screens, and other technologies that were only re-invented recently. This podcast episode is very interesting: https://theretrohour.com/plato-the-friendly-orange-glow-ep181/ MmmMaarten and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 10:17 AM, GarryP said: Very nice work. Are you aware of the PLATO project from the 1960-80s? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system) It is fairly unknown today but was, allegedly, the first place we saw plasma screens, multi-touch screens, and other technologies that were only re-invented recently. This podcast episode is very interesting: https://theretrohour.com/plato-the-friendly-orange-glow-ep181/ Thanks @GarryP for your compliment and the hint on the PLATO project. Sounds interesting. If I have a little more time I'll take a closer look and listen at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 You’re welcome. You can ignore most of the first 15 minutes or so of the podcast if you don’t care to hear people commenting on retro gaming consoles, but the rest is worth listening to. MmmMaarten 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 - MmmMaarten 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 8/24/2019 at 12:03 PM, haakoo said: Een leuke en interessante leeservaring Maarten, waarvoor dank Thanks @haakoo. Nice to read you like it. Four parts still to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Yes!! Part 3 is just freshly published in both English as well as in Dutch! 😊 Hope you like it! In the end there will be 6 parts in total. Collect them all ! 😉 This time a very interesting time period with a lot of technical graphics innovations, a steady foundation of 3D graphics, techniques we still often use today, some things you might be surprised by, the beginning of the home console and PC market and more! Enjoy! English: History Interactive Computer Graphics - Part 3Dutch: Geschiedenis Interactieve Computergraphics - Deel 3 @Alfred @Madame @Roger C @GarryP @Wosven @A_B_C @WatcherMagic @John Rostron @Renzatic @dutchshader @CLC @SrPx @haakoo telemax, CLC, Renzatic and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 In de openingstekst staat deel twee van zes, zou deel drie moeten zijn. Kleinigheidje, maar toch 🙂 MmmMaarten 1 Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 38 minutes ago, dutchshader said: In de openingstekst staat deel twee van zes, zou deel drie moeten zijn. Kleinigheidje, maar toch 🙂 Ah,..you're so right. I checked all the rest pretty heavily, but wasn't very focussed on the first part of the intro as it is generic text for the whole series copied and pasted in so had it checked with previous publications already. But I obviously missed at first read the fact that there still was another number in there. Thanks for letting me know. It's fixed now (and in both languages). 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 - MmmMaarten 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 46 minutes ago, haakoo said: Maarten,Opnieuw een interessant verhaal,top Thanks. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Thanks for the likes guys! 😚 Pretty busy at the moment, but three parts more to come after this one and next part will be very interesting!! 😃 We entered the period for the real interesting stuff now in the history-timeline! 👌 Something nice to read at home during our quarantine 🏡 days! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 Making some extra illustrations for upcoming part four! 😃 making-illustrations-blog-4-1920x1080-24fps.mp4 Wosven, telemax and GarryP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Working hard to finish my blog post on time! It's starting to look like I'm writing a book about interactives, computergraphics and animations! Part four will go live this week and it's pretty interesting stuff! 😀 correcting-blog-4-1920x1080-24fps.mp4 Wosven, telemax and Alfred 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Busy finishing the writing for pt4 now to publish tomorrow.... But wow... the story of Atari vs Amiga vs Commodore is quite something... pretty interesting stuff and impossible to keep it as short as some other items, just because it's such a story! Love it 😎 Alfred, Wosven and Move Along People 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Yes! Part 4 just went live, and it has some pretty interesting stuff and things you might not expect... but really happened! 😎 Enjoy it everybody, hope you have as much fun reading as I had researching, writing, illustrating and programming it! After this part there will be two more parts (up to six in total). Collect them all 😉 English: The History of Interactive Computer Graphics - Part 4Dutch: De Geschiedenis van Interactieve Computergraphics - Deel 4 @Alfred @Madame @Roger C @GarryP @Wosven @A_B_C @WatcherMagic @John Rostron @Renzatic @dutchshader @CLC @SrPx @haakoo @telemax A_B_C, Renzatic, Roger C and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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