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). You may have to provide your CSE credentials to access these files. Do not re-publish the slides on the WWW!

Jan 07 - Introduction, Advanced Graphics Datastructures PDF
Jan 09 - Advanced Graphics Datastructures
Jan 14 - Extended OpenGL Pipeline PDF
Jan 16 - Vertex and Pixel Shaders PDF
Jan 21 - Vertex and Pixel Shaders
Jan 23 - Geometry and Tesselation Shaders PDF1, PDF2
Jan 28 - Compute Shaders PDF
Jan 30 - Geometry and Tesselation Shaders
Feb 04 - Shadows PDF
Feb 06 - Real-time Rendering PDF
Feb 11 - midterm, in class
Feb 13 - Collision Detection PDF
Feb 25 - Image-based Rendering PDF, Multipass Rendering PDF
Feb 27 - Rendering Equation, Radiosity PDF
Mar 04 - Radiosity
Mar 06 - Path Tracing PDF
Mar 11 - Complete Global Illumination PDF
Mar 13 - class cancelled
Mar 18 - Complete Global Illumination
Mar 20 - Realtime Globillum PDF
Mar 25 - High-Dynamic Range Systems PDF
Mar 27 - Advanced Modeling PDF
Apr 01 - class cancelled
Apr 03 - TBA

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.

OpenGL Links

These are only listed for convenience, the course assumes that students already know 3D graphics programming. Links to GLSL information can be found on the WWW page for the first assignment.

Introduction to OpenGL, Version 1.1 (slightly out of date version of OpenGL guide)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.
GLUT Library
Mesa (software implementation of OpenGL)

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