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Ivan Sutherland Alive

Ivan Sutherland
KindPerson
Born1938
StatusAlive
FieldComputer graphics
Sourceen.wikipedia.org ↗

Sketchpad's author � invented interactive computer graphics, then co-founded Evans & Sutherland and built the first head-mounted display.

Created Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System

Built Sketchpad (1963) — the first interactive graphical program, ancestor of CAD, GUIs, and object-oriented design — as his MIT PhD thesis.\n\nCo-founded Evans & Sutherland, made the first VR head-mounted display ('Sword of Damocles'), and won the 1988 Turing Award.

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Sutherland