CS 445: Topics for Sept 11 & 13, 2012

• Lab:

  • Complete: Lab 1: Building a Ray Tracer, Part 1
  • Begin: Lab 1: Building a Ray Tracer, Part 2

• Continue discussion of Ray Tracing Notes (pdf)

• Equations for Objects:

  Sphere
  • Plane
  • Also see Ray Tracing Notes for Spheres and Planes.
  • Cones
  • Cylinder
  • Algebraic Surfaces
  • Steiner Surfaces

• Lighting and Shading

  • Phong Lighting - Note, we will need normals for all of the above shapes.
  • Experiment with reflection coefficients, ss Applet.
  • For an entertaining lecture on lighting, see Knoll's Computer Class, episode 1

• Misc Links

  • 2012 Siggraph on YouTube
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Projections
  • Color

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