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 27, 2012	slides on volume are posted.
December 20, 2012	slides on surface integrator are posted.
December 17, 2011	final project is assigned.
December 10, 2012	Proj#3 submission instruction is posted.
December 6, 2012	slides on Monte Carlo I and II are posted.
November 22, 2012	project #3 is assigned.
November 22, 2012	slides on lights are posted.
November 15, 2012	slides on textures are posted.
November 12, 2012	Proj#2 submission instruction is posted.
November 8, 2012	slides on reflection models and materials are posted.
October 25, 2012	project #2 is assigned.
October 22, 2012	Proj#1 submission instruction is posted.
October 18, 2012	slides on sampling are posted.
October 18, 2012	slides on camera are posted.
October 9, 2012	slides on color and radiometry are posted.
October 4, 2012	project #1 is assigned.
October 4, 2012	slides on accelerators are posted.
September 27, 2012	slides on shapes are posted.
September 20, 2012	slides on geometry are posted.
September 20, 2012	slides on pbrt core are posted.
September 13, 2012	project #0 is assigned.
September 13, 2012	pbrt source code tracing is available.
September 13, 2012	Please subscribe via this website
August 17, 2012	This webpage is up.