Great Ideas in Graphics

Schedule, Fall 2020

Class Schedule

We meet virtually (on Zoom) every Mon/Wed at 4:00-5:20 pm PST.

See Canvas for Zoom links (require Stanford ID to access).

DATE

TOPIC

DETAILS

MonSep14

Introduction

Course overview, introductions.

What are "great ideas in graphics?"

WedSep16

OpenProcessing &

Javascript

Javascript "refresher"

Introduction to OpenProcessing.

MonSep21

WedSep23

Particle Systems

Implement a particle system.

MonSep28

WedSep30

Collision Detection

Broad- and narrow-phase tests. Explore applications of 2D geometric subdivisions.

MonOct05

WedOct07

Geometric Subdivision

Subdivision for curves and surfaces.

MonOct12

WedOct14

Shading Languages

https://www.shadertoy.com

MonOct19

WedOct21

Procedural Noise

Explore noisy creations in OpenProcessing or Shadertoy.

MonOct26

WedOct28

MonNov02

WedNov04

Ray Marching & Implicit Geometry

Explore real-time hardware rendering using implicit geometry.

Due + Demo on MonNov09

MonNov09

WedNov11

Networked Multiplayer Graphics Fun

Build a simple multiplayer sketch, e.g., game, using socket.io in OpenProcessing.

Due + Demo on WedNov18.

MonNov16

Research Presentation (Prof. James)

Reflections on research I have done over the years.

WedNov18

Demo Day!

Everyone will "play" everyone else's socket.io sketch.

Other Great Ideas

Caustics

Rasterization (pixels, voxels)

Texture Synthesis

Sampling (NPR, e.g., stippling and hatching)

Real-time deformation (Kelvinlets)

Incompressible flow (Curl Noise)

Physics-based animation & sound

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