ECE 462: Computer Grahpics

• Instructor Info
• Textbook
• Grading
• Schedule

Instructor Info

Instructor: Carl Sable
e-mail: CarlSable.Cooper@gmail.com
Office: Room 614

Textbook

"Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with WebGL, 7th Edition"
Edward Angel and Dave Shreiner
Click here for the textbook's website.

Grading

• Final: 33 1/3%
• Programming Project #1: 33 1/3%
  Click here for grading criteria
• Programming Project #2: 33 1/3%

Schedule

The schedule will be updated as the semester progresses.

• Wednesday, January 16
  Topic: Course Introduction
• Thursday, January 17
  Topic: Graphics Systems and Models
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 1
• Wednesday, January 23
  Topic: Introduction to WebGL
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 2
• Thursday, January 24
  Topic: Introduction to WebGL (cont.)
• Wednesday, January 30
  Topic: Introduction to WebGL (cont.)
  Topic: Interaction with WebGL
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 3
• Thursday, January 31
  CLASSES CANCELED DUE TO WATER LEAKS AND LACK OF HEAT IN 41CS
• Wednesday, February 6
  CLASSES CANCELED DUE TO WATER LEAKS AND LACK OF HEAT IN 41CS
• Thursday, February 7
  CLASSES CANCELED DUE TO WATER LEAKS AND LACK OF HEAT IN 41CS
• Wednesday, February 13
  Topic: Interaction with WebGL (cont.)
• Thursady, February 14
  Topic: Interaction with WebGL (cont.)
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 4.1 - 4.5, Appendix B, Appendix C
• Wednesday, February 20
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames (cont.)
• Thursday, February 21
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames (cont.)
• Wednesday, February 27
  Topic: Vectors, Matrices, and Frames (cont.)
• Thursday, February 28
  Topic: Affine Transformations
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 4.6 - 4.12
• Wednesday, March 6
  Topic: Affine Transformations (cont.)
• Thursday, March 7
  Topic: Viewing
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 5
  Project #1 assigned
• Wedneday, March 20
  Topic: Viewing (cont.)
• Thursday, March 21
  Topic: Viewing (cont.)
• Wednesday, March 27
  Topic: Viewing (cont.)
• Thursday, March 28
  Topic: Lighting
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 6
• Wednesday, April 3
  Topic: Lighting (cont.)
• Thursday, April 4
  Topic: Lighting (cont.)
  Project #2 assigned
  Topic: Texturing
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 7
• Wednesday, April 10
  Topic: Texturing (cont.)
• Thursday, April 11
  Topic: Texturing (cont.)
• Wednesday, April 17
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 11
• Thursday, April 18
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces (cont.)
• Wednesday, April 24
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces (cont.)
• Thursday, April 25
  Topic: Curves and Surfaces (cont.)
• Wednesday, May 1
  Topic: Ray Tracing
  Suggested Reading: Angel and Shreiner, Ch. 12.1 - 12.6
• Thursday, May 2
  FINAL EXAM
• Wednesday, May 8
  FINAL PROJECT DEMOS (1 pm - 5 pm in Rm. 502)