Computer Graphics

Aim

After completing the course, you should be able to:

• Goal 1: for a significant part of the computer graphics subject, describe important calculation models that are used for how a synthetic image is built
• Goal 2: solve mathematical / geometric problems relevant to the subject
• Goal 3: design and troubleshoot computer graphics software in a heterogeneous programming environment where both CPU and GPU are to be programmed
• Goal 4: apply the theory to build synthetic three-dimensional scenes and generate images and animations from these.
• Goal 5: take initiative to design a project relevant to the subject where the theory is applied in a chosen context
• Goal 6: present, motivate and evaluate the solution you have arrived at in the project.

Content

The course describes principles and methods for computer generation of synthetic images, animations and interactive graphic applications. This includes:

Real-time animation with OpenGL 3.2 (or higher version if needed) including shader programming with GLSL. ulkan can be used as a more advanced option.

Three-dimensional graphics: geometric transformations, projection, perspective.

Object representation. Fractals. Light models and shading, Gouraud and Phong shading. Texture mapping. Text. Visible surface detection. Large worlds, frustum culling, level of detail, billboards. Animation, collision detection. Low-level graphics: Lines, polygon rendering, anti-aliasing. Ray-tracing, radiosity.

The course focuses on real-time performance and modern methods for the subject. Shader programming (programming of graphics processors) is therefore an important component of the course.