Cross-listed as CS 651-0001; see below
| Time: | 9:30-10:45 PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays |
| Place: | MEC 214 |
| Instructor: | David Luebke (Olsson #219), luebke@cs.virginia.edu |
| TA: | Dale Newfield (Olsson #226A), DNewfield@cs.virginia.edu |
| Format: | Project-oriented, with several programming assignments. Two tests.
The graduate-level course CS 651-0001 is being taught through the same lectures, but with slightly different requirements. Undergraduates are only elgible for the 551 version of the course. |
| Prerequisites: | Previous computer graphics course experience (e.g., Professor Ryall's CS 551: Computer Graphics), or consent of instructor. Good C/C++ programming skills a must. |
| Description: | This course will cover advanced topics in computer graphics. These include: 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), and image-based rendering (image warping, sprites, layered-depth images). The project-oriented course will involve several programming assignments. Strong C/C++ programming skills and previous computer graphics experience are assumed. |
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| Documentation: | Documentaion regarding the software you will be expected to use can be found in a variety of places. |
| Nitty-Gritty: | In order to use the infrastructure in place in the class account, you'll need to make some modifications to your unixlab account. |
| Handouts: | Syllabus, Bio Sheet |
| Lectures: | Lecture 1 (1/21/99) Lecture 2 (1/26/99) Lecture 3 (1/28/99) Lectures 4&5 (2/2/99&2/4/99) Lecture 6 (2/9/99) Lecture 7 (2/11/99) Lecture 8 (2/16/99) Lecture 9 (2/18/99) Lecture 10 (2/20/99) Lecture 11 (2/25/99) Lecture 12 (3/2/99) Lecture 13 (3/4/99) Lecture 14 (3/9/99) Lecture 15 (3/11/99) Sadly, lecture 16 has been lost Lecture 17 (3/25/99) Lecture 18 (3/30/99) Lecture 19 (4/1/99) Lecture 20 (4/6/99) Lecture 21 (4/8/99) Lecture 22 (4/13/99) Lecture 23 (4/15/99) Lecture 24 (4/20/99) Lecture 25 (4/22/99) Lecture 26 (4/29/99) Lecture 27 (5/4/99) |
| Assignments/Exercises: | Exercise 1 (assigned-1/28/99 due-2/2/99) (And
a hint to get RSRT to compile.) Assignment 1 (assigned-2/9/99 due-2/23/99) (Sample polygonal RSRT files, as well as models used in the assignment's evaluation, and some helpful hints.) Assignment 2 (assigned-2/25/99 due-3/9/99) (And a sample RSRT file.) Assignment 3 (assigned-4/8/99 due-4/22/99) (And a page of .poly files, as well as .poly viewers, and some helpful hints.) Exercise 2 (assigned-4/29/99 due before-5/11/99). |