Interactive 3D Graphics

This class will teach you about the basic principles of 3D computer graphics: meshes, transforms, cameras, materials, lighting, and animation.

• Introduction
• Motivation and a trip down the graphics pipeline, laying out the fundamental processes.
• Points, Vectors, and Meshes
• The basics of 3D geometry definition.
• Colors and Materials
• Color representation, material computations, transparency.
• Transforms
• Translation, scale, rotate and how to properly combine all these.
• Matrices
• Transform representation and how to fully control these.
• Lights
• Directional and point light sources.
• Cameras
• How the camera is defined.
• Textures and Reflections
• Color and opacity textures, along with reflection and normal mapping.
• Shader Programming
• An introduction to programming vertex and pixel shaders.
• Interaction and Animation
• How to select and make objects move.