CMSC427-0101: Computer Graphics-Fall 2019 zwicker

Schedule

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 Download Introduction Assignment 0: Getting Started Aug 29 Download Triangle meshes, introduction to base code
Sept 3 Download Homogeneous coordinates Assignment 1: Triangle Meshes and Transformations
 Sep 5 Download Transformations
Sep 10 Download Projection

Sep 12 Download Rasterization
Sep 17 Texture mapping Assignment 2: Virtual Trackball & Rasterization Sep 19 Download Color
Sep 24 Color Sep 26 Download Shading
Oct 1 Shading Oct 3 Download Shader programming,  Download Code explanation
Oct 8 Download Advanced shading (bump and shadow mapping) Assignment 3: Shader programming Oct 10 Midterm exam
Oct 15 Download Scene management Oct 17 Visibility and occlusion culling
Oct 22 Download Curve modeling Assignment 4: Scene graph Oct 23 Download Surface modeling I
Oct 29 Surface modeling II Oct 31

Surface modeling III, Download adjacency data structures
Nov 5 Download Procedural modeling Assignment 5: Modeling Nov 7 Download 3D scanning
Nov 12 Download 3D point cloud processing, surface reconstruction Nov 14 Download Modeling shape distributions
Nov 19 Download Character animation Assignment 6: Voluntary Bonus Nov 21 Download Virtual reality rendering
Nov 26 Download Rendering equation & path tracing
 Nov 28 Thanksgiving 
Dec 03 Rendering equation Dec 05 Download Review

 

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