Interactive Computer Graphics using OpenGL

Interactive Computer Graphics using OpenGL (Advanced lecture, Summer Semester 2015)

Tobias Ritschel
2014

Overview

In this advanced lecture we will cover efficient OpenGL implementaion of diverse visual effects encountered in moddern interactive applications such as computer games. The exposition will both look at the theoretical background and at the actual implementation using OpenGL and the OpenGL shading language GLSL. A preliminary list of topics would be:

OpenGL pipeline
OpenGL extensions
OpenGL shading language
Geometry: Tesselation/Feedback/Instancing
Shadow Mapping and Shadow Volumes
Soft shadows
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, Global Illumination, Scattering and Reflections
Particle and Mass-spring systems, Collision, Deformation
Stochastic Rasterization
Volume Rendering
Depth-of-field
Motion blur
Post-FX, Tone mapping, Glow
Reflection and Refraction Mapping
Image-based Lighting
Cuastics and Interactive Photon mapping

Audience

Students in computer science and visual computing
Basic linear algebra and analysis
Programmin experience in C++ and basic OpenGL
Background comparable to Computer Graphics 1

Details

Date:	Monday, 12:00--14:00 (First session: Monday, 27th of April)
Room:	Building E1.4 (Max-Planck-Institut), Room 019
HISPOS:	87743
ECTS credits:	3
Grading:	Oral exam, 27th of July Oral re-exam, 23th of Spetember (send me an email to register)
Google Group (not moderated):	https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/opengl-ss15

Materials

April 27	Introduction and organization	Ritschel	PDF
April 27	OpenGL	Ritschel	PDF
May 4	OpenGL shading language	Reinert	PDF
May 11	Drawing massive geometry	Ritschel	PDF
May 18	Shadow mapping, shadow volumes	Ritschel	PDF
June 1	Soft shadows	Ritschel	PDF
June 8	Screen space	Nalbach	PDF
June 15	Volume rendering	Ritschel	PDF
June 22	Depth of field, motion blur	Ritschel	PDF
June 29	Stochastic rasterization	Ritschel	PDF
July 6	Image-based lighting, reflection, refraction & caustics	Ritschel	PDF
July 13	Post-FX, tone mapping, glow	Ritschel	PDF
July 20	Particle system, mass-spring, collision, deformationon	Ritschel	PDF

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