CSE 4431 Advanced Topics in 3D Computer Graphics

CSE 4431/5331.03M Advanced Topics in 3D Computer Graphics

Lecture Notes

Any overheads/slides that I use in lecture will appear here, typically a day or so before class. They are in PDF 6-up format (6 slides per page with room for notes). The files are accessible only from machines within York University! If you need access to the lecture notes from machines outside the department log in via 'ssh' (see e.g. http://www.cs.yorku.ca/ssh) and use either 'lynx' (a text browser) or 'wget <URL>' to save the file to your directory. For details on these commands please refer to the respective man-pages. Then retrieve the file via ftp. Do not re-publish the slides on the WWW!

Jan 07 - Introduction (no slides covered)
Jan 09 - Advanced Graphics Datastructures PDF
Jan 14 - Advanced Graphics Datastructures, Extended OpenGL Pipeline PDF
Jan 16 - Extended OpenGL Pipeline
Jan 21 - Vertex and Pixel Shaders PDF
Jan 23 - Vertex and Pixel Shaders
Jan 28 - Bump Mapping PDF, Real-Time Rendering
Jan 30 - Real-Time Rendering, Visibility Culling PDF
Feb 04 - Level of Detail
Feb 06 - Image-Based Rendering PDF
Feb 11 - no class, Reading week
Feb 13 - no class, Reading week
Feb 18 - no class, Family day
Feb 20 - discussion of projects
Feb 25 - Shadows PDF, Rendering Equation, Advanced Radiosity PDF
Feb 27 - Advanced Radiosity
Mar 03 - Midterm, in class
Mar 05 - Pathtracing PDF
Mar 10 - no class, instructor at conference
Mar 12 - no class, instructor at conference
Mar 17 - Complete Global Illumination PDF
Mar 19 - Complete Global Illumination
Mar 24 - High Dynamic Range Displays and Projection PDF
Mar 26 - Volume Rendering PDF
Mar 31 - in class demos (in PRISM/CSEB)
Apr 02 - 3D User Interfaces (no slides)

Note that, as usual, exams cover all the material in the course. This includes all material as covered in the lectures and assignments, Everything covered in class (blackboard, in-class discussions, etc) is also considered examinable content.

WWW-Links

OpenGL Shading Language Course at SIGGRAPH 2002
Another OpenGLSL tutorial
Introduction to OpenGL, Version 1.1 (slightly out of date version of OpenGL guide)
Man pages for all OpenGL and GLUT commands are installed in Prism. (e.g. see 'man glBegin' and 'man glut'.)
MSDN Library Documentation on C, including reference pages can be found under "Visual Studio Documentation->Visual C++ Documentation". An Introduction to OpenGL including OpenGL reference pages can be found under "Platform SDK->Graphics and Multimedia Services->OpenGL".
www.opengl.org
Collection of OpenGL & GLUT sample code
Brown Exploratory (Java applets explaining graphics concepts)
Some more Java applets explaining computer graphics concepts/algorithms can be found here.

Software

Note that OpenGL & GLUT are already installed in the undergrad labs, see the example Makefile in /cs/course/4431/examples/Makefile. Most PC Developer Environments have OpenGL libraries and DLL's and need only GLUT. Linux users may need Mesa and GLUT.

Additional Textbooks

Neider, Davis, Woo, "OpenGL Programming Guide", Addison Wesley {Also available on-line, see below}.
Shirley, "Realistic Ray Tracing", A K Peters.
Foley, VanDam, Feiner, Hughes "Computer Graphics Principles and Practice, Addison Wesley.
Newman, Sproull, "Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics", McGraw-Hill.
Rogers, Adams, "Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics", McGraw-Hill.
Rogers, "Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics", McGraw-Hill.
Watt, "Fundamentals of Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics", Addison-Wesley

GLUT

A short description of GLUT can be found in Appendix D from the OpenGL Programming Guide.
Short reference with the most important API functions.
Complete reference

Another useful resource is the SIGGRAPH Five-Minute Career Mentor, The Demo Reel From Hell