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

A ____ executes instructions in parallel with the CPU, the main processor, and carries out all graphics operations including modeling, motion, rendering, and display.

A movie is an interactive environment.

Explain in detail what medical imaging is and what is empowers physicians to do.

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

Using information technology to amuse, fascinate, and frighten is still viewed as a waste of time by most people.

How are graphics operations handled in the absence of a GPU?

Conditions in the computing environment changed dramatically in the late ____ due to the development of transistors and integrated circuits.

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

What is an MMOG?

List at least three of the technical problems that must be solved by the designers of MMOGs.