Lectures
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignments | More Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | 01_Introduction | P1 out | OpenGL DS1-2 | |
| Sept 3 | Math review; Display | S 1-3, 5 | ||
| Sept 5 | Transformations | S 5-6 | ||
| Sept 10 | Transformations | |||
| Sept 12 | Viewing | S 7 | P1 due | AVD lecture; DS3 |
| Sept 17 | Viewing | Hw1 and P2 out | ||
| Sept 19 | Pipeline and rasterization | S8 | ||
| Sept 24 | Pipeline and rasterization | Hw1 due | ||
| Sept 26 | Mesh | S 12 | Sept 30: extended office hours 2-6pm | |
| Oct 1 | Mesh | How 3D rotation works | ||
| Oct 3 | Modeling: Curves/Surfaces | S 15 | Hw2 and P3 out | Midterm review. P2 due on Oct 4 @ 11:00pm |
| Oct 8 | Modeling: Curves/surfaces | More modeling approaches (slides courtesy of Dr. Penny Rheingans) | ||
| Oct 10 | Lighting and Shading | Extended office hours: 10:30-11:30am | ||
| Oct 15 | Midterm | Hw2 due | (Jian@IEEE VIS) | |
| Oct 17 | Animation (by Dr. Marc Olano) | S 17 | (Jian@IEEE VIS) | |
| Oct 22 | Midterm explained | |||
| Oct 24 | Texture | S 11, redbook 9 | P3 due; Bonus Proj out | |
| Oct 29 | Texture | Midterm extra credit due, Hw3 out | ||
| Oct 31 | Raytracing | S 4 | Hw4 / P4 out | More accessible explanation of raytracing |
| Nov 5 | Raytracing | Hw3 due | ||
| Nov 7 | Final project, ray tracing | S21 | Hw4/ Final proj (part 1) out | Bonus project due Nov 9. |
| Nov 12 | Colors (the van Dam lecture I) | Keqin Wu slides | ||
| Nov 14 | Colors ( the van Dam lecture II) | S27-28 | P4 due,Hw5/ P5 out | |
| Nov 19 | Visualization | Tamara Munzner keynote | ||
| Nov 21 | Vis theory & methods (files 1 and 2 | Hw5 due | ||
| Nov 26 | Final project | P5 due | ||
| Nov 28 | Happy Thanksgiving! | |||
| Dec 3 | Final project | |||
| Dec 5 | Final project | |||
| Dec 10 | Final project prototype presentation (live demo) | |||
| Dec 16 | FINAL PROJECT DUE |
