• FCG Chap 1

Wed Jan 10 Math Review
Reading for Math Review:

• FCG Chap 2 Misc Math, except for 2.5.1, 2.5.3, 2.7.1, 2.7.3, 2.8, 2.9, 2.11.
• FCG Chap 5 Linear Algebra, only 5.1-5.2.2, 5.2.5

Fri Jan 12 OpenGL/GLUT Intro
Reading for OpenGL/GLUT:

• RB Chap Introduction to OpenGL,
• RB Chap State Management and Drawing Geometric Objects,
• RB App Basics of GLUT (Aux in v 1.1)

• FCG Chap 6 Transformation Matrices (except 6.1.6, 6.3.1)
• FCG Sect 13.3 Scene Graphs
• RB Chap Viewing
  • Viewing and Modeling Transforms until Viewing Transformations
  • Examples of Composing Several Transformations through Building an Articulated Robot Arm
• RB Appendix Homogeneous Coordinates and Transformation Matrices
  • until Perspective Projection
• RB Chap Display Lists

Wed Jan 17 Transforms II
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Fri Jan 19 Transforms III
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Mon Jan 22 Transforms IV
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up
Web sites: Brown applet: scenegraphs; complex motions: http://www.flying-pig.co.uk: cam rowing sheep flying pig
Assignments: Homework 1 and Project 1 out

Wed Jan 24 Transforms V
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up
Web sites: display lists: snowmen; version control: OReilly RCS tutorial | GNU RCS tutorial | File comparison tool list

Fri Jan 26 Viewing/Projections I
Reading for Viewing/Projections:

• FCG Chapter 7 Viewing
• FCG Section 6.3.1 Windowing Transforms
• RB rest of Chap Viewing
• RB rest of App Homogeneous Coords

Mon Jan 29 Viewing/Projections II
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Wed Jan 31 Viewing/Projections III
Demos: Nate Robins tutorials transformations projections; Tuebingen projection applets Brown applets: viewing techniques;
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Fri Feb 2 Viewing/Projections IV
Demos: Tuebingen projection applets
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Mon Feb 5 Vision/Color
Readings for Color:

• FCG Chap 20 Color
• FCG Sections 3.2-3.3
• FCG Sections 21.2.2, 21.2.4
• RB Chap Color

Wed Feb 7 Vision/Color II
Demos: rolling ball rgizmo
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Fri Feb 9 Midterm I

Mon Feb 12 Rasterization I
Readings for Rasterization:

• FCG Chap 3 Raster Algorithms (except 3.2-3.4, 3.8)
• FCG Section 2.11 Triangles

Wed Feb 14 Lighting/Shading I
Readings for Lighting/Shading:

• FCG Chap 9 Surface Shading
• RB Chap Lighting

Fri Feb 16 Lighting/Shading II
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Mon Feb 26 Lighting/Shading III
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Wed Feb 28 Advanced Rendering
Readings for Advanced Rendering

• FCG Chap 10 Ray Tracing, only 10.1-10.7
• FCG Chap 25 Image-Based Rendering

Fri Mar 2 Advanced Rendering II
Web sites: ray triangle intersection Marschner
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Mon Mar 5 Advanced Rendering III
Videos: Matrix bullet-time IBR greenscreen, final
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Wed Mar 7 Clipping
Readings for Clipping

• FCG Chap 12 Graphics Pipeline, only 12.1-12.4

Fri Mar 9
Clipping II, Hidden Surfaces I Readings for Hidden Surfaces

• FCG Chap 8 Hidden Surfaces

Mon Mar 12 Hidden Surfaces II
Web sites: Z-buffer calculator
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Wed Mar 14 Textures I
Readings for Textures:

• FCG Chap 11 Texture Mapping, except 11.8
• RB Chap Texture Mapping
• FCG Sect 16.6 Procedural Techniques, 16.7 Groups of Objects

Fri Mar 16 Textures II
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Mon Mar 19 Textures III, Procedural Approaches
Web sites: Perlin noise: Perlin Elias Zucker. Texture tutorial
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Wed Mar 21 Procedural II, Picking
Readings for Picking

• RB Chap Selection and Feedback
• RB Chap Now That You Now (only the Object Selection Using the Back Buffer section)

Fri Mar 23 Collision
Readings for Collision

• FCG Sect 10.9 Sub-Linear

Mon Mar 26 Antialiasing
Readings for Antialiasing:

• FCG Sec 3.7 Simple Antialiasing
• FCG Sec 10.11.1 Antialiasing
• optional: FCG Chap 4 Signal Processing

Wed Mar 28 Midterm 2

Fri Mar 30 Visualization
Readings for Visualization

• FCG Chap 26 Visualization

Mon Apr 2 Blending, Modern Hardware
Readings for Modern Hardware

• FCG Chap 17 Hardware
• FCG Sect 3.8 Image Capture and Storage

• FCG Sect 3.4 Alpha Channel

Wed Apr 4 Modelling/Curves
Readings for Curves

• FCG Chap 15 Curves

Fri Apr 6 No class: Good Friday

Mon Apr 9 No class: Easter Monday

Wed Apr 11 Final Review Handouts: custom evaluation form
Slides: PPT; PDF 1up, 16up

Tue Apr 17 Final Exam, 8:30am-11:30am