| 1960 | PDP-1: first "small"computer |
| 1961 | Sketchpad: shapes & light pen |
| 1961 | Spacewar (Steve Russell et al) 1, 2, 3 |
| 60s | Engelbart |
| Mouse: 1 2 3 | |
| 1981 | Xerox Star |
| 1965 | IBM 2250 terminal (1024x1024 raster) |
| 1972 | Tektronics 4010 |
| Vector graphics: 1, 2, 3 | |
| GUI: 1 |
| 60s | Wireframe rendering; hidden-line removal; hidden-surface removal |
| 70s | Raster imaging: local illumination, hidden-surface removal (Z-buffer); SIGGRAPH; Pong |
| 80s | Global illumination: ray tracing and radiosity 2 3; Arcade games |
| 90s | photorealistic and non-photorealistic rendering 2; image-based rendering; light fields; OpenGL; HDR; PC GPUs; PC games; movies |
| 00s | GPU algorithms; GPU shaders; fluid simulation; hair and skin rendering; video manipulation; computational photography; character animation |
| 10s | human modelling; mobile real-time graphics and mobile AR; big data; 3D fabrication; AI |
| Visibility, Illumination, GIS, Meshes |
| Shadows: 1 |
| Terrains: 1 2 3 |
| Triangle strips: 1 2 |
| GIS (map shading): 1 2 |
| GIS (hex hierarchies): 1 2 |
| HCI in computer-assisted surgery: 1 2 3 4 |
| Computer-assist in specific operations: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + AR + GPU |
