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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

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Sketchpad afforded many different capabilities for working with these line drawings, including the automatic completion of shapes, resizing, and the ability to copy and repeat elements. Computer History Museum In 1968, Sutherland moved to the University of Utah, and he cofounded a new startup to pursue 3D computer graphics.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people.

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