1 20200211 / 20210703 Overview of CG

What is CG

The use of computers to synthesize and manipulate visual information.

Video Games
- 什么是好的画面 - 看画面是否足够亮 - 全局光照做得好不好
  - 只狼
  - 无主之地3
Movies
- The Matrix
  - Special Effects
  - 特效是图形学中最简单的一类 - 平常见不到 - 做得不对也不会觉得意外
  - 最困难的是最常见的
Avatar
- 引入了面部/动作捕捉
Animations
- Zootopia - 疯狂动物城
- Frozen 2 - 冰雪奇缘 2
Design
- Autodesk Gallary
- CAD
  - 环境模拟
  - 碰撞检测
- Ikea
Visualization
- Science
- Engineering
- Medicine
- Journalism
Virtual Reality
- Augmented Reality
- Digital Illustration
  - PS
Simulation
- The Dust Bowl phenomena
- Black hole from Interstellar
Graphical User Interfaces - GUI
Typography - 字体
- The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog - 字体测试中的常见句
- 矢量图

Rasterization
- Project geometry primitives (3D triangles / polygons) onto the screen
- Break projected primitives into fragments (pixels)
- Gold standard in Video Games (Real-time (30fps) Applications)
Curves and Meshes
- How to represent geometry in Computer Graphics
Ray Tracing
- Shoot rays from the camera though each pixel
- Calculate intersection and shading
- Continue to bounce the rays till they hit light sources
- Gold standard in Animations / Movies (Offline Applications)
- trad off - 慢但效果好
- 两个都要 - 实时光线追踪
Animation / Simulation
- Key frame Animation
- Mass-spring System

Using OpenGL / DirectX / Vulcan
The syntax of Shaders
3D modeling using Maya / 3DS MAX / Blender, or VR / game development using Unity / Unreal Engine (where can I learn them?)
Computer Vision / Deep Learning topics, e.g. XYZ-GAN (where can I learn them?)
CV - 一切需要猜测的内容
We learn Graphics, not Graphics APIs!
After this course, you’ll be able to learn these by yourself (I promise)

Modern Course
- Comprehensive but
  without hardware programming!
- Pace/ contents subject to change
Course Website
- http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~lingqi/teaching/games101.html
- Has all the needed information
- Syllabus, slides, reading materials, etc.
Course slides and (pre)-reading materials
No Required Textbooks
- Reading materials (if any) will available online before lectures
- Lecture slides will be available after class
Most recommended reference
- Steve Marschner and Peter Shirley, “Fundamentals of Computer Graphics”, 3rd or later edition.
- Sign up on our BBS for discussion
  (http://games-cn.org/forums/forum/games-online-course-forum/)

Submit your project by 11:59PM on/before the due dates (strictly enforced)
Feedback will be provided in a week
Assignment Submission Website
(http://www.smartchair.org/GAMES2020Course-YLQ/)
No Exams
Course Project / Final Project
- Starting midway of this course
- References will be provided, but you decide the topic
- Best work will be posted online for showing off

IDE: Integrated Development Environment
Helps you parse a entire project
- And gives hints on syntax / usages of member functions, etc.
Recommended IDEs
- Visual Studio (Windows only) / Visual Studio Code (cross platform)
- Qt Creator (personal)
Not Recommended IDEs (for C++ programming)
- CLion (慢), Eclipse (代码分析不好)
- Sublime Text, Vi / Vim, Emacs (not even IDEs)
Work alone for regular assignments
- no copy-pasting from any other sources
Do not publish your code (on Github, etc.) for assignments using our skeleton code
Do not post your solution online
- Discussion / explanation is welcomed