Computer graphics

This course makes use of Athena, MIT's UNIX-based computing environment. OCW does not provide access to this environment.

Lectures: 2 lectures / week, 1.5 hours / lectures

In this course, we will concentrate on 3D, not 2D illustration or image processing. You will learn:

You will NOT learn:

It is useful if you have knowledge of the following:

–The deadline is absolute. All late assignments will be graded 0. So, submit early, even before you might be fully done.

–Due Wednesday @ 8pm

–Extensions only considered if requested 1 week before due date

–Medical problems must be documented

Watt, Alan. 3D Computer Graphics. Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN: 9780201398557.

Buss, Samuel R. 3D Computer Graphics: A Mathematical Introduction with OpenGL. 2003. ISBN: 9780521821032. [Preview with Google Books]

Akenine-Moller, Tomas, Eric Haines and Naty Hoffman. Real-Time Rendering. 3rd ed. A K Peters/CRC Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781568814247.

Shirley, Peter, Michael Ashikhmin, Steve Marschner. Fundamentals of Computer Graphics. 3rd ed. A K Peters/CRC Press, 2009. ISBN: 9781568814698. [Preview with Google Books]

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