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Tue Jan 21

1. Introduction

No discussion this week.

Thu Jan 23

2. Drawing Triangles

Tue Jan 28

3. Sampling, Aliasing, Antialiasing

Thu Jan 30

4. Transforms

Tue Feb 4

5. Texture Mapping

Disc 2: Sampling, Transforms, and Textures

Assignment 1 released

Thu Feb 6

6. Rasterization Pipeline

Tue Feb 11

7. Intro to Geometry, Splines and Bezier Curves

Disc 3: Splines & Curves

Thu Feb 13

8. Mesh Representations and Geometry Processing

Tue Feb 18

9. Mesh Representations and Geometry Processing (Cont)

Disc 4: Half-Edges and Ray-Surface Intersection

Assignment 1 due

Assignment 2 released

Thu Feb 20

10. Ray Tracing and Acceleration Structures

Tue Feb 25

11. Radiometry and Photometry

Disc 5: Ray Tracing and Radiometry

Thu Feb 27

12. Monte Carlo Integration

Tue Mar 3

13. Global Illumination and Path Tracing

Disc 6: Probability and Monte Carlo Estimators

Assignment 2 due

Assignment 3-1 released

Thu Mar 5

14. Material Modeling

Tue Mar 10

15. Advanced Topics in Material Modeling (Pre-Recorded 184 Guest Lecturer Lingqi Yan)

Discussion is OH this week.

Exam 1 (7 - 9 PM)

Thu Mar 12

16. Cameras and Lenses (Pre-Recorded)

Tue Mar 17

17. Cameras and Lenses (Cont) + Announcement of Class Accommodations in Light of Coronavirus Disruption

Disc 8: Cameras and Light Fields

Assignment 3-1 due

Thu Mar 19

18. Intro to Animation

Assignment 3-2 released

Tue Mar 24

Spring Break - No Lecture

No discussion this week.

Thu Mar 26

Spring Break - No Lecture

Tue Mar 31

19. Physical Simulation + Project Kickoff

Disc 9: Animation and Simulation [worksheet] [code]

Final project released

Thu Apr 2

20. Physical Simulation (2) + Color (0)

Assignment 4 released

Assignment 3-2 due on Friday

4/3

Tue Apr 7

21. Color (1)

Disc 10: Exam Review, Project Advice, and Project Help (no worksheet)

Thu Apr 9

22. Color (2)

Tue Apr 14

23. Image Sensors

Assignment 4 due

Thu Apr 16

24. Image Processing

Tue Apr 21

25. Light Field Cameras

Thu Apr 23

26. VR (1)

Exam 2 (7 - 9 PM)

Tue Apr 28

27. VR (2)

Thu Apr 30

28. Conclusion + Research in Ren's Group

Tue May 5

Dead Week - No Lecture

Thu May 7

Dead Week - No Lecture

Final project showcase results are out! View the gallery!

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