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1.) Introduction to Computer Graphics, APIs, OpenGL and C++

2.) Pixels, Images, and Image Coordinate Systems

3.) Understanding OpenGL API, Buffers, Shaders, and a first triangle

4.) 3D Transformations and Linear Algebra

5.) Rotations, Meshes, and Mesh Representation

6.) Camera and Textures

7.) Basic Lighting, Point, Lights, and Multiple Lights

8.) Advanced Lighting (Specular, Normal and Parallax), Engine Study

9.) Framebuffer Objects (FBO) - post-processing and shadows

10.) Terrain Rendering (Heightmaps, skyboxes, billboards, instancing, and water)

11.) Scenegraphs and Geometry Shaders

12.) Advanced Graphics - Physically-Based Rendering and Deferred Rendering

13.) Instructors Choice -- TBD (e.g. Multi-texture, Cartoon, animation, particles)

14.) Final Projects, wrap up! (do your course evaluation please :))

15.) (Optional) Vulkan and other APIs

16.) (Optional Bonus) - Quaternion Math

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Audio/Video Recording

Readings/Warmup (Do before class)

Triangle Strips
- Another way to structure vertex data
Triangle Strips applied
- learnopengl
Cubemap tutorial
- Learnopengl
Instancing Tutorial
- Learnopengl
Opengl water tutorial video series
- Water Video Tutorials

Test Your Knowledge (Optional)

[Test your knowledge on the readings] (This is not graded)

Commented Code Samples (if any)

For now I am linking code samples here: Github Code Repository for the course

Additional Resources

Heightmaps
- University of Washington resource
Dynamic Level of Detail
- Dynamic Level of detail algorithms

Slides

[Direct Link to Slides]
(Available to follow along during class)

(Graded) In-Class Activity link

In-Class Activity Link
- This is graded, and only your first response is graded
- This is an evaluation of what was learned in lecture.
- Due one week from when the lecture takes place

Module Content

Module Overview

In this lesson we learn about scene graphs and terrain

Module Outline

Lecture outline
- Instancing and Billboarding
- Triangle Strips
- Heightmaps
- Skybox and Skysphere
- Environment and Cube/Sphere Mapping
- Instancing
- Water Rendering

Commentary

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(Optional Notes)

Commentary

Note: On occassion I might add some notes here (e.g. common questions from office hours), so consider this a 'beta' product.

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