[Infographic] A Brief History of Digital Video

Thomas Edison's Black Maria was the first film production studio in the world. Residing in West Orange, New Jersey, it was lit with a retractable roof and filmed magic shows and vaudeville performances starting in 1893. About 119 years later, we have video cameras in our pockets in the form of smartphones and tablets, tiny camcorders, 3D cameras for stunning HD movies, and every variety in-between. Film and video were some of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, truly changing how the world saw itself. The digital era has made video ubiquitous, leading to services, like YouTube, that give people the ability to chronicle every last second of their lives, for all to see. How did we get to this point?