Introduction

One primary goal of computer graphics is to synthesize realistic images which are indistinguishable from real photographs. Methods of this category were very slow. However, recent progresses on GPUs have made interactive realistic rendering possible. This course will cover realistic image synthesis techniques that could be or have been used to make animations such as Finding Nemo and games such Half Life.

Recent updates

December 24, 2009	Sldies for chap 12 and 17 are posted.
December 17, 2009	Sldies for chap 16 are posted.
December 3, 2009	Sldies for chap 14 and 15 are posted.
November 30, 2009	project #3 is assigned.
November 26, 2009	Sldies for chap 13 are posted.
November 23, 2009	Submission details for project #2 are posted.
November 18, 2009	Sldies for chap 11 are posted.
November 18, 2009	Sldies for chap 10 are posted.
November 12, 2009	Sldies for chap 9 are posted.
November 6, 2009	project #2 is assigned.
November 2, 2009	Please refer to this page for project #1 submission.
October 29, 2009	Sldies for chap 7 are posted.
October 22, 2009	Sldies for chap 5 are posted.
Octobor 15, 2009	project #1 is assigned.
October 8, 2009	Sldies for chap 3 and 4 are posted.
September 24, 2009	The class of 10/1 is cancelled because the lecturer is abroad for a conference.
September 24, 2008	pbrt source code tracing is available.
September 17, 2008	project #0 is assigned.
September 17, 2009	Please subscribe via this website
September 17, 2009	lecture #1 is posted.
July 2, 2009	This webpage is up.