Sketchpad Demonstration

Ivan Sutherland demonstrated Sketchpad, a revolutionary program that allowed users to draw and manipulate graphical objects directly on a CRT screen using a light pen. It introduced concepts like graphical constraints and direct manipulation.

Significance

Pioneered interactive computer graphics and direct manipulation, laying conceptual groundwork for GUIs and the need for tools to build them.

Key facts

Date
1963-01-01
Type
invention
Location
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts, USA