Chat with AIExam 16: Computer Graphics and Entertainment: Movies, Games, and Virtual Communities
The first commercially marketed computer was the ____, manufactured by Remington Rand.
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VerifiedD
Conditions in the computing environment changed dramatically in the late ____ due to the development of transistors and integrated circuits.
(41) VerifiedB
List at least three of the technical problems that must be solved by the designers of MMOGs.
(38) Verified•Registration management-There may be tens of thousands of existing users at various points in the game, as well as thousands of new users joining every day. The responsibilities of the server software that manages this user base include ensuring that new users correctly join the community, saving the game state of existing users when they log off, and restoring that state when they log back on.
•Client/server protocols-In an MMOG, there are tens of thousands of users simultaneously accessing hundreds or thousands of game servers across multiple communication channels. The game designers must implement the network protocols that support this vast communications array.
•Security-An MMOG must keep track of each user's activity to ensure that his or her actions do not incorrectly or inappropriately affect the actions of other players. Furthermore, the system must ensure that all users adhere to the rules of the game and do not attempt to carry out illegal operations.
•Database design-The world database can be a truly massive structure holding trillions of bytes of data. The game designers are responsible for implementing this database and making sure that it can be accessed quickly enough to provide real-time response to user actions.
Typically, a ____ has its own dedicated random access memory where it stores its image data and which is separate from primary memory.
(41) ____ are fully modeled and fully rendered objects stored in a video library in video memory.
(35) Atari released its first product in 1974, an arcade game called ____.
(37) Using information technology to amuse, fascinate, and frighten is still viewed as a waste of time by most people.
(32) In stop-motion animation, a single photograph is called a ____.
(37) Since a(n) 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. _________________________
(35) The sequence of operations that must be completed successfully to produce a realistic three-dimensional image sequence is termed the ____.
(40) Users log on to the MMOG game server whenever they wish, using ____ software running on their home computer or laptop.
(40) What is the operative principal in producing video game images?
(36) A point or axis used to control the motion of an object is called a(n) key point. _________________________
(40) In an MMOG, the system must simply ensure that all users adhere to the rules of the game, not the legality of the operations.
(28) Stop-motion special effects were used in many fantasy, adventure, and science-fiction movies of the 1930s through 1960s.
(34) CBS used the UNIVAC I to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election.
(42) Rotation is the lateral (up, down, right, left, in, out) movement of every point in an object by the same amount and in the same direction. _________________________
(39) The world in which the MMOG action takes place is created and managed by special computers called ____.
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