“Phigs Plus: Advanced Three-Dimensional Graphics With a Standard Application Programmer Interface” Chaired by Edy Henderson

Conference:

SIGGRAPH 1990

Type:

Courses

Entry Number: 09

Title:

Phigs Plus: Advanced Three-Dimensional Graphics With a Standard Application Programmer Interface

Course Organizer(s):

• Edy Henderson

Presenter(s)/Author(s):

• Edy Henderson
• Henri Gouraud
• Griffith (Griff) Hamlin
• Eileen McGinnis
• Mike Stapleton
• Spencer W. Thomas

Abstract:

Course Description

PHIGS PLUS is the ANSI/ISO proposed extension to the PHIGS standard and is supported by multiple vendors as the API for providing advanced rendering and advanced primitive geometries within the PHIGS environment. This course covers the evolution, architecture, and algorithms of PHIGS PLUS. It explores the impact of PHIGS PLUS on an application environment and investigates necessary consider­ations for application and graphics-system implementers.

Contents/Schedule PDF:

• Phigs Plus: Advanced Three-Dimensional Graphics With a Standard Application Programmer Interface Contents/Schedule

Contributed By:

Mary Whitton

Location:

Charles Babbage Institute Archives, University of Minnesota

Overview Page:

SIGGRAPH 1990: Courses