This lecture offers an introduction to 3D computer graphics, focusing on the underlying building blocks and algorithms that enable applications such as 3D computer games, and augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). See the syllabus for more details about this course.

The schedule is preliminary and subject to change.

Date	Topic/materials	Assignments	Date	Topic/materials
Aug 27	Introduction	Assignment 0: Getting Started	Aug 29	Triangle meshes, introduction to base code
Sept 3	Homogeneous coordinates	Assignment 1: Triangle Meshes and Transformations	Sep 5	Transformations
Sep 10	Projection		Sep 12	Rasterization
Sep 17	Texture mapping	Assignment 2: Virtual Trackball & Rasterization	Sep 19	Color
Sep 24	Color		Sep 26	Shading
Oct 1	Shading		Oct 3	Shader programming, Code explanation
Oct 8	Advanced shading (bump and shadow mapping)	Assignment 3: Shader programming	Oct 10	Midterm exam
Oct 15	Scene management		Oct 17	Visibility and occlusion culling
Oct 22	Curve modeling	Assignment 4: Scene graph	Oct 23	Surface modeling I
Oct 29	Surface modeling II		Oct 31	Surface modeling III, adjacency data structures
Nov 5	Procedural modeling	Assignment 5: Modeling	Nov 7	3D scanning
Nov 12	3D point cloud processing, surface reconstruction		Nov 14	Modeling shape distributions
Nov 19	Character animation	Assignment 6: Voluntary Bonus	Nov 21	Virtual reality rendering
Nov 26	Rendering equation & path tracing		Nov 28	Thanksgiving
Dec 03	Rendering equation		Dec 05	Review