Great Ideas in Graphics

Schedule, Fall 2022

Class Schedule (Tentative)

TuTh 10:30 - 11:50 AM PST in Gates100 (First class is Tu Sept 27)

See Canvas for additional links (requires Stanford ID to access).

DATE

TOPIC

DETAILS

TueSep27

Introduction

Course overview, introductions.

What are "great ideas in graphics?"

ThuSep29

OpenProcessing

Javascript "refresher"

Introduction to OpenProcessing.

TueOct04

ThuOct06

Exploring Visual Patterns

Get up to speed on OpenProcessing.

TueOct11

ThuOct13

Particle Systems

Implement a particle system.

TueOct18

ThuOct20

Collision Detection

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

TueOct25

ThuOct27

TueNov01

ThuNov03

Shading Languages

Explore pixel shaders for procedural shading.

https://www.shadertoy.com

Show & Tell on ThuNov10

TueNov08

Democracy Day

No class. Go vote (if applicable).

ThuNov10

TueNov15

Procedural Noise

Explore noisy creations in OpenProcessing or Shadertoy.

Show & Tell on Thurs, Nov 17.

ThuNov17

TueNov29

ThuDec01

TueDec06

Ray Marching & Implicit Geometry

Explore real-time hardware rendering using implicit SDF geometry and ray marching.

Show & Tell on Thurs, Dec 8.

TueNov22

ThuNov24

Thanksgiving Break

ThuDec08

A random sampling of graphics research

Have a great winter break!

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

Geometric Subdivision

Subdivision for curves and surfaces.

Networked Multiplayer Graphics Fun

Discuss how to build a simple multiplayer sketch, e.g., game, using socket.io in OpenProcessing.

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