Graphical technologies, innovation and aesthetics in the video game industry: a case study of the shift from 2d to 3d graphics in the 1990s

• Main Authors: Dominic Arsenault, Pierre-Marc Côté, Audrey Larochelle, Sacha Lebel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ass.ne Culturale Ludica 2013-03-01
• Series: G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies
• Subjects: Graphic engine; 1990s
• Online Access: http://www.gamejournal.it/graphical-technologies-innovation-and-aesthetics-in-the-video-game-industry-a-case-study-of-the-shift-from-2d-to-3d-graphics-in-the-1990s/

This paper provides an overview of a research project currently in progress at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada). Funded by the FQRSC (Fonds de recherche Québec – Société et Culture / Quebec Fund for Research – Society and Culture) for a three-year period (from May 2012 to May 2015), the project studies the transition from 2D to 3D graphics in gaming during the 1990s