Fig. 1, Photo-realistic image generated by ray tracing method. (Image excerpted from PovRay homepage)
In this course we will discuss various topics to create 2D images computationally generated from three dimensional model representations. Particularly, we will focus on the following topic:
What you will get at the end of the course:
CS380 homepage at spring of 2020 CS380 homepage at spring of 2017 CS380 homepage at spring of 2014 CS380 homepage at spring of 2012 CS380 homepage at spring of 2011
OpenGL:
Useful information about computer graphics:
Paper search:
Acknowledgements: The course materials are built upon previous efforts of whom organized computer graphics courses at Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I'd like to thank all of them, particularly, Brandon LLoyd. Thanks!
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