The Pioneers: These visionaries saw the possiblities of the computer as a resource for making and interacting with pictures and pushed the limits of an evolving technology to take it where computer sciencetists never imagined it could go. there work motivated the work of others as they tried to relized the potential of this new vision. artist & researchers include: Chuck Csuri, John Whitney, Ivan Sutherland and Ken Knowlton.
The Inovators : Many of the inovators were housed in unerversities and research labs and were working towards solving fundamental problems of making picturesof data using the computer. work from many ofthese facilities including Bell labs, Ohio State,
The Early Adapters: The late seventies to mid- eighties saw a second wave of adapters, which were primarily special effects production companies, equipment and software developers, universities, motion pictures companies and so on.
The Followers: As the technolgy advanced and the acceptance of this new approach to image making increased the industry likewise evolved and many of the current contributors or followers came into being. these included effect production companies such as Pixar,Disney,Metrolight,Rhythm and Hues, ILM, Sony, Digital Domain and so on.
I believe that George Lucas is a Early Adapter & a Follower. I believe this because he created the film Star Wars which became one of the best selling films of all time, ILM (Industrial and Light Magic) which is Georg Lucas Company played a big part in the film , creating scenrios and background which look realistic in the film and i think it open up a whole new world to different Visual Effect companies because it’s getting very common in films.
