Computer Graphics (under)Sep., 2004

Jung Hong ChuangCSIENCTU

Basic information

• Instructor– 莊榮宏 jhchuang@csie 工三館 525 5731829

• TA– 呂宗弘 阮昭維 {jhlu, vicjuan}@csie

工三館 513 x54787

• Focus – 3D graphics: theory and practice– Intro to 3D game and animation

technologies

• Web page– Cggmwww.csie.nctu.edu.tw

Course

• Part 1: 3D graphics– Pipelined graphics– Global illumination

• Part 2– Texture mapping and shadowing– Nature phenomena

Course outline3D graphics -1

• Overview– Hardware for graphics– Software for graphics– Graphics API: OpenGL, Direct3D– Application API

• OpenInventer• 3D Game engines• Visual simulation tools• Virtual reality tools

Course outline3D graphics -2

• Basic 2D graphics – 2D drawing, 2D clipping– geometric transformation

• 3D viewing and projection• Local illumination

– Color model– Illumination, shading

Course outline3D graphics -3

• Visibility determination– Back-facing, depth-sorting, scan-line,– Z-buffering– Binary space partition (BSP)

• Global illumination– Ray tracing – Radiosity

Course outlineTexture mapping and shadow -4• 2D-to-3D Texture mapping• Bump mapping, Environment map,

Multitexturing, Billboarding,• Light map, Normal map, Pixel shader• Projective texture mapping • Shadow map, Shadow volume, Shadow

with projective texture mapping

Course outline Nature phenomena -5

• Particle system • Cloud model/rendering• Terrain generation/rendering • Fluid modeling/rendering

Grading

• One midterm (20%)• One final (20%)• Programming assignments (60%)

– 2 programs (10+20)%– 1 project (30%)

• Project (rendering, interaction, and content)• Game design • Project contest

Reference books

References– Interactive computer graphics, 2nd ed., by

Angel– Intro. To Computer Graphics by Foley, Van

Dam, …– Real-time rendering, 2nd ed. By Moller and

Haines– 3D Game Engine Design by Eberly