Week

Topic

Book Chapter

Notes

1

Introduction, images, displays, human vision, and color

1, 3

2

Geometry in ray tracing

2, 4, 5

3

Shading in ray tracing

4, 13

HW1: Ray tracing

4

Texture mapping and data structures for graphics

11, 12

5

Modeling transformations

6

6

Viewing transformations

7

7

Forward rendering pipeline (overview, culling, clipping)

8

8

Forward rendering pipeline (rasterization, texture mapping, hidden surf. rem.)

8

Midterm

HW2: Forward pipeline

9

Introduction to GPUs and OpenGL

18

10

Vertex and fragment shaders

10, 18

Recitation: OpenGL setup and shaders

11

Buffers, textures, and shadows

11

HW3: OpenGL with shaders

12

Curves and surfaces

15

13

Computer animation

17

14

Recap and future directions