[QUOTE=senocular;2354651]I think you’d be hard pressed to find any one person responsible for the having invented the 3D engine.[/QUOTE]
I agree with Senocular, it was a cumulative effort by many over time, the same as advancements are now in 3D. Of course some individuals have played bigger roles than others over the course of time. I find the following interesting.
CGI Historical Timeline
http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/timeline.html
1963 - Sketchpad developed beginning in 1961 by Ivan Sutherland at MIT
1963 - 1st (?) computer generated film by Edward Zajac (Bell Labs)
1967 - Adage real time 3D line drawing system
Arthur Appel at IBM
1972 - Utah hand (Edwin Catmull) and face (Fred Parke) animations produced (Ivan Sutherland students)
