| Date | Topic | Reading | Coursework |
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| Thursday Aug 25 | Introduction | ||
| Tuesday Aug 30 | Vector and Affine Math | ||
| Thursday Sept 1 | Ray Tracing |
Project 1 Assigned Due Sept 22 |
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| Tuesday Sept 6 | Ray Tracing II | ||
| Thursday Sept 8 | Shading | ||
| Tuesday Sept 13 | Texture Mapping | ||
| Thursday Sept 15 | Antialiased and Accelerated Ray Tracing | ||
| Tuesday Sept 20 | Spatial Acceleration Structures | ||
| Thursday Sept 22 | Intro to OpenGL | ||
| Tuesday Sept 27 | Viewing and Projections | ||
| Thursday Sept 29 | Viewing and Modeling |
Project 2 Assigned Due Oct 13 |
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| Tuesday Oct 4 | OpenGL with Shaders | ||
| Thursday Oct 6 | Hierarchical Modeling | ||
| Tuesday October 11 | Modeling and Scene Graphs | ||
| Thursday October 13 | Rotations and Orientation | ||
| Tuesday October 18 | Parametric Curves |
Project 3 Assigned Due Nov 10 |
Sample midterm exam |
| Thursday October 20 | Parametric Curves II | ||
| Tuesday October 25 | Midterm exam review | ||
| Thursday October 27 | Midterm Exam | ||
| Tuesday November 1 | Character Animation and Skinning | ||
| Thursday November 3 | B Splines and Polar Form | ||
| Tuesday November 8 | Subdivision Curves | ||
| Thursday November 10 | Parametric Surfaces | ||
| Tuesday November 15 | Subdivision Surfaces |
Final Project Assigned Due Dec 11, Proposal by Nov 25, Demos on Dec 12 |
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| Thursday November 17 |
Particle Systems Numerical Solution of ODEs |
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| Tuesday November 22 | Guest Lecturer - Etienne Vouga | ||
| Thursday November 24 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tuesday November 29 | Overview of GPUs | ||
| Thursday December 1 | Vision and Color |