Introduction to Computer Graphics

What Real-Time Rendering Is Computer graphics basics Ray tracing Rasterization-based pipeline Evolution of the modern graphics hardware Graphics programming Meet EnvyMyCar (NVMC) The architecture Description of the world in NVMC Developing a NVMC client How a 3D Model is Represented Polygonal meshes Implicit surfaces Parametric surfaces Voxels Constructive solid geometry (CSG) Subdivision surfaces Mesh Implementation Upgrade your client: making of the world Self-exercises Geometric Transformations Geometric entities Geometric transformations Affine transformations Frames The third dimension Viewing transformations Summing up Upgrade your client Manipulation: make a virtual trackball Upgrade your client: move things around Self-exercises Hidden Surface Removal (HSR) Back-face culling Object-space and Image-space algorithms Depth sorting Z-buffer Upgrade your client: improve FPS Self-exercises Lighting and Shading Radiometry in a nutshell The rendering equation Global illumination vs. local illumination Phong illumination model Shading Light types Self-exercises: Play with day, sunset and night Texturing Texturing Texture mapping Texture coordinates generation Texturing for adding detail to geometry Self-exercises Shadows Hard and soft shadows Shadow mapping Other shadows techniques Image-Based Rendering Introduction Impostors techniques Billboarding Multi-Layered impostor Uses of impostors Particle system Self-exercises GPU Techniques Shaders Advanced illumination Non-photorealistic rendering Render-to-texture Deferred shading Self-exercises Many Many 3D Objects Exploiting hardware Space indexing data structures Upgrade your client: a complex circuit with many moving 3D objects Self-exercises Gobal Illumination Ray tracing Multi-pass algorithms