Here is a rough estimate of how the class will proceed. The final date and assignment deadlines are firm, but the lecture dates are a little more rough:Week 1:
- Mon, Sep 28: Introduction.
- Homework #0 assigned.
- Wed, Sep 30: Display hardware.
- Fri, Oct 2: Visual perception.
Week 2:
- Mon, Oct 5: Visual perception.
- Homework #0 due!
- Home page due!
- Project #1 team assignments due!
- Homework #1 assigned.
- Wed, Oct 7: Color.
- Fri, Oct 9: Color, cont'd.
Week 3:
- Mon, Oct 12: Color, cont'd.
- Project #0 due!
- Project #1 (Impressionist) assigned.
- Wed, Oct 14: Image processing.
- Fri, Oct 16: Image compositing
Week 4:
- Mon, Oct 19: Image compositing
- Homework #1 due!
- Homework #2 assigned.
- Wed, Oct 21: 2D transformations.
- Fri, Oct 23: 3D transformations.
Week 5:
- Mon, Oct 26: 3D transformations, cont.
- Project #1 due!
- Project #2 (Articulate) assigned.
- Wed, Oct 28: Hierarchical modeling.
- Project #1 artifact due!
- Fri, Oct 30: Hidden surfaces
Week 6:
- Mon, Nov 2: Hidden surfaces
- Homework #2 due!
- Project #3 team assignments due!
- Homework #3 assigned.
- Wed, Nov 4: Shading.
- Fri, Nov 6: Ray tracing.
Week 7:
- Mon, Nov 9: Ray tracing, cont.
- Project #2 due!
- Project #3 (Trace) assigned.
- Wed, Nov 11: Holiday!
- Fri, Nov 13: Ray tracing, interpolated shading
Week 8:
- Mon, Nov 16: Texture mapping
- Homework #3 due!
- Project #4 team assignments due!
- Homework #4 assigned.
- Wed, Nov 18: Texture mapping
- Fri, Nov 20: Curves
Week 9:
- Mon, Nov 23: Curves, cont.
- Project #3 due!
- Project #4 (Animator) assigned.
- Wed, Nov 25: Curves, cont.
- Project #3 artifact due!
- Fri, Nov 27: Holiday!
Week 10:
- Mon, Nov 30: Implementing C2 interpolating splines.
- Wed, Dec 2: Surfaces.
- Homework #4 due!
- Fri, Dec 4: Surfaces, Animation
Week 11:
- Mon, Dec 7: Animation, Global illumination.
- Wed, Dec 9: Global illumination, final review
- Project #4 due!
- Thurs, Dec 10: Project #4 artifact due!
- Fri, Dec 11: No class - artifact voting in lab
Mon, Dec 14, 2:30-4:20pm: Final!