Basic Techniques in Computer Graphics (Only for B-IT Students in Bonn)

In WS2021/2022 this course is only offered to B-IT students at University of Bonn. It is not a course at RWTH Aachen University.

The exam will only take place in presence in Bonn.

Organization

• The course starts on Wednesday, October 20 at 14:15 via Zoom. (See Moodle for Zoom link.)

Contents

• Geometry Representations
  • Polygonal Meshes
  • Volumetric Representations
  • Point Clouds
  • Free-Form Curves and Surfaces
  • Voronoi Diagrams
  • 3D Transformations
  • Spatial Optimization Structures
• Perspective
  • Projections
  • Vanishing Points
• Rendering Pipeline
  • Clipping
  • Polygon Triangulation
  • Rasterization
• Global Illumination
  • Visibility Problem
  • Shadow Computation
  • Ray Tracing
  • Radiosity
• Textures
• Light and Shadow
• Colors

Literature

• Preliminary Lecture Notes (Part 1) (These do not cover the entire lecture! Download only accessible from within the RWTH network)
• Preliminary Lecture Notes (Part 2) (Only parts of this are relevant for this lecture! Download only accessible from within the RWTH network)
• Tomas Akenine-Möller et al.: Real-Time Rendering (3rd Edition). Taylor & Francis, 2008.
• Alan Watt: 3D Computer Graphics (3rd Edition). Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Virtual Machine for Programming Assignments

For the rare case that your system does not meet the requirements to run our programming assignments, we prepared a virtual machine for you as a fallback. Please only use the machine as a last resort, since it has very limited performance! (OpenGL will be emulated in software.)

• Virtual Box Image (Download only accessible from within the RWTH network)