Topics for the Week of Oct 4, 2010
CS 445: Computer Graphics

• Heads-up: Exam next week. Look at study page for topics to be covered and for past exams.

• Reading: You should be reading relevant chapters in the text book. See readings on schedule but also poke around the book. Matrix transformations can be found in Chapter 4 (for the moment, start at 4.7) and Appendix C.

• Labs:

  • Complete Lab 2: Introduction to OpenGL/JOGL, part 2
  • Begin Lab 2: Introduction to OpenGL/JOGL, part 3

• Continue discussion of the Pipeline:

  • Geometry Pipeline
  • Hardware View (This picture was created by Mike Bailey, OSU)

• Hierarchical Modeling - Look at Andy and Bloke

• More mathematics

  • Determinants, inverses
  • Homogeneous coordinates. See here for more detailed discussion related to projective geometry.
  • Coordinate changes.

• Links for Geometry Data Structures

  • Vertex lists
  • Vertex buffer objects