need info: what year did the first VJ apps appear ?

[sketchyj]

today i'm writing a 12 page research paper for my college english course. It's coming along so easy because i chose VJing as my topic. However, im trying to include some accurate facts in the paper, like how long have software apps been available for VJing, and how long in general have companies been producing gear specifically geared towards VJs....i don't want to guess in case i decide to share my paper on the net
maybe if someone wouldnt mind, they could read my paper before i turn it in to spot any facts which may need to be tweaked.
pleeease?

[many2]

The first VJ softs I ever heard of were X<>POSE and VJamm - they might not be the first ever created though.

If you think visualisation applications are VJ apps then, you'd have to consider things like Bomb and Cthuga.

These are just clues to help you - I have nothing to back this.

[Kyle]

Sketchy...many people come here asking for help with papers and research, problem is they never come back to share the results. Email me a copy for sure. I?m definitely interested.

[WordVirus23]

X<>POSE has been around for 6+ years, it eventually evolved into Arkaos. I dunno how long VJAMM has been around. I would honestly say Cthugha was one of the first apps that offered keyboard control over a fullscreen'd app. it was a visualization app, but verymuch aimed at USING the app, not idlely watching it.
Fractint (Stone Soup Group) has been around for at least 12 years, and while not somuch geared for "live" performance, it was my first image twisting app. color cycling (and palettes) of any GIF.
Hardware is a bit more tricky... www.audiovisualizers.com has some great resources on old video synths, definitely worth checking out... it's really only been in the last couple of years that VJing has become a BLIP on marketer's radar, and as so, we're just now seeing hardware that's aimed at us, rather than us, reappropriating broadcast gear etc.

..james...

[sketchyj]

i have 8 pages written....
i reported that software written for VJ performance use has been around for about 5 years and that gear designed and marketed esp for VJ use, like the v4 has only come about within the last few years...before that, the pioneers used gear that was much more expensive and often modified it for VJ use.
im i BSing or does this sound right?

[DrEskaton]

yep, midivid came out in 1999, MAX/MSP/Nato about the same I think. So 6 years is close.

[sketchyj]

alright well i think my paper is finished...i can post it if ya want...should i start a new thread, maybe in "just starting"...its kind of geared toward explaining the really basic things to people who think a VJ is the guy who hosts TRL on MTV

[MoRpH]

Originally posted by DrEskaton
yep, midivid came out in 1999, MAX/MSP/Nato about the same I think. So 6 years is close.

The full screen version of SVi was out around the same time

[sketchyj]

so yeah i posted my paper on vj central under working techniques...im sure theres something in there where it could be that im going to be accused of talking out of my ass, but eh, its just one persons perception of everything...maybe someone could look at it and see if they can find any glaring misconceptions

[fALk]

That is a question on how you define VJ. The first attempts to sync pictures or in early stages colors to music were from Athanasius Kircher around 1646.

Please define your take on the term "vj" so I can narrow it down.

Even moving pictures where synced to music already early last century. Its really an old artform if you are researching closely.