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• In IT&E Lab, you can also use Mesa, an OpenGL simulator; copy and test out a sample program from: /opt/mesa/share/book (There is a makefile in the same directory.) If you use GLUT, there are examples under /opt/mesa/share/glut
• OpenGL 1.1.2 on workstations: Sun OpenGL is available on Sun workstations (room 12). X terminals (rm 133/137) cannot display OpenGL application output (no GLX extension installed).directory.)
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DESCRIPTION:

CS 652 is a 3-credit course with prerequisite CS 583. It gives an introduction to graphics principles, advanced graphics methods, OpenGL graphics library, and programming.

    I am assuming you know the prerequisite material, C programming, vector analysis, and matrix calculations. After this class, you will be able to do graphics modeling and animation of certain objects or behaviors of your preference.

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GRADING POLICY:

There are all together 100 points:

• Homework assignments announced in class and due before next class (20 points)
• Random in class quizzes (20 points)
• A project (30 points)
• A Final Exam (30 points)

•          A: S is at least 90 points
•          A-: S is at least 85 (and less than 90) points
•          B+: S is at least 80 (and less than 85) points
•          B: S is at least 75 (and less than 80) points
•          C: S is at least 60 (and less than 75) points
•          F: S is less than 60 points

• From time to time I will offer extra credit questions. Their scores will be added to your score S. It is therefore possible to get total scores above 100 points.
• Class participation is also very important. Active participation will be rewarded with extra points toward your score S.
• Each assignment/project late may not be accepted. Therefore, you should plan on working early. If you cannot finish your assignment/project, you should turn in your partial work.
• If there is an accident or emergency and you let me know, I will consider it accordingly.

TEACHING ASSISTANT:

    Mr. Xusheng Wang, xwang1@gmu.edu

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ASSIGNMENTS: (announced in class and due one day before next class)

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GROUPS AND COLLABORATION:

    You can form into study groups, most of size 3. You can meet and discuss all homework questions freely and frequently in your group. However, you must do your own homework and write your individual report/program. You will learn much more working with your group than you would working alone. In short, collaborate freely, acknowledge all help and sources, and do your own individual work.

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SYLLABUS: (tentative; in Woo's new book the chapters are reorganized, but you should be able to find them easily)

1-2. Introduction: applications; fundamental ideas; hardware architectures.

3-4. 2D Graphics Concepts: drawing; filling; clipping, anti-aliasing.

5-6. Transformation and viewing: rotating; translating; scaling.

7-8. Viewing & Hierarchy: viewing in 3D; projections; display list.

11. Illumination & Shading: diffuse; specular; ambient; flat shading; smooth shading; Giraud shading; Phong shading.

9. Light & Color: light; color models.

10. Visible-Surface Determination: z-Buffer algorithm; scan-line algorithm.

12-13. Advanced techniques in OpenGL: blending, antialiasing, fog, bitmaps, fonts, images, texture mapping, and the framebuffers.

13-14. Curves & Surfaces: cubic curves; bicubic surfaces.

15. General introduction: physically-based modeling; real-time simulation; distributed interactive simulation; Virtual Reality, etc.

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TEXT: (Required)

• Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Second Edition in C by James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner and John F. Hughes Addison-Wesley
• OpenGL Programming Guide, by Neider, Davis, Woo, Addison Wesley

• Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL by Edward Angel, Addison Wesley

REFERENCES:

• ACM Transactions on Graphics
• CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing
• IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications
• Computer Graphics Forum
• ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation
• IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
• IEEE Multimedia
• ACM Multimedia Systems Journal
• Computer Graphics World
• Computers and Graphics
• Visual Computer
• ..., etc.

• ACM SIGGRAPH Conference Proceedings
• International ACM Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques
• International Conference on Multimedia Information Systems
• Multimedia: International ACM Conference on Multimedia
• Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics
• Symposium on Solid Modeling Foundations and Applications
• UIST: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
• Volume Visualization Workshop
• IEEE Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium 1997 (VRAIS '97)
• ..., etc.

• Computer Graphics from Addison Wesley
• Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGLTM by Edward Angel
• Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Second Edition in C by James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner and John F. Hughes
• Introduction to Computer Graphics by James D. Foley, Andries van Dam, Steven K. Feiner, John F. Hughes, and Richard L. Phillips
• Virtual Reality Systems by John Vince
• The Inventor Mentor and The Inventor Toolmaker: Extending Open Inventor, Release 2 by Josie Wernecke and the Open Architecture Group
• "Motif Programming: The essentials ... and more" by Marshall Brain, Digital Press
• "Computer Graphics" by Donald Hearn, Prentice Hall, C edition
• "COMPUTER GRAPHICS: an Object-Oriented Approach to the Art and Science" by Cornel Pokorny, Franklin, Beedle & Associates, Incorporated
• "Object-Oriented Programming with C++ and OSF/Motif" by Douglas A. Young, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition

• Motif
• OpenGL
• VRML
• IRIS Inventor and Open Inventor Center
• IRIS Explorer Centers
• IRIS Performer Center
• ImageVision Center
• IRIS Impressario Center
• GMU Graphics Group
• MD/DC Computer Graphics Home Page
• Computer Graphics Centers