It's amazing how quickly technology can evolve. When I held my first mobile phone at age 15, I could never have imagined that it would develop into what I use today. The same has been true for many technological advancements including the computer, the car and air travel, and since the first ever 3D rendered complex object in 1968, the world has witnessed huge leaps in the 3D industry.
The industry is now unrecognisable from several decades ago, largely due to the advancements of both hardware and software. Even though rendering on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) is commonplace today, the initial push for 3D rendering was actually on Central Processing Units (CPUs). They were responsible for carrying out every part of the rendering process from beginning