Advanced Computer Graphics

Advanced Computer Graphics

Description:
This course will cover advanced topics in computer graphics,
including:
Realism: ray tracing, path tracing, and radiosity
Speed: occlusion culling, level-of-detail, texture tricks
Hardware: rendering pipeline, graphics architectures

Non-traditional
rendering: pen-and-ink, painterly rendering
Animation: physically-based modeling, collision detection, particle systems
Image-based rendering: image warping, sprites, layered-depth images.

Programming assignments will explore several of these topics.
Though we will use professional software systems and libraries such as
OpenGL, Maya, and Renderman, the course will focus on understanding
the underlying principles rather than mastering the tools. Strong C/C++ programming skills and previous computer graphics experience are assumed.


Texts:
Suggested:

Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice by Watt and Watt, Addison-Wesley (1992).

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice by Foley, van Dam, Feiner, and Hughes, Addison-Wesley (1993).
OpenGL Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning OpenGL, Version 1.1 by Mason Woo et al., Addison-Wesley (1997)

Lecture		Topic
1		Introduction, pretty pictures
2		Ray tracing: the basics
3		Ray tracing: accelerating basic ray tracing
4		Antialiasing
5		Fourier theory, convolution, etc (transparencies)
6		Prefiltering, supersampling
7		Stochastic sampling, texture map antialiasing
8		Advanced ray tracing, intro to radiosity
9		Radiosity
10		Radiosity Continued
11		Level of Detail: fundamentals
13		Level of Detail conclusion
14		: Making Movies
15		Image-based rendering: Light fields
16		Image-based rendering: View-dependent rendering
17		Occlusion culling: cells & portals
18		Occlusion culling: hierarchical z-buffer, HOM
19		Image-based simplification
20		Collision detection
21		Real-time programmable shading
22		Perceptually driven interactive rendering
Powerpoint source for all lectures