Indicative contents

Weightage @ 10% Each

• Polygonal Meshes – Solid modelling, Extruded shapes, Mesh approximation etc.
  
• Subdivision Techniques – Subdivision Splines, Surfaces, Schemes, Multi-resolution etc.
  
• Wavelets Techniques – Wavelets for graphics, Properties, Haar, Applications etc.
  
• Approaching Infinity – Fractals & Self-Similarity, Tiling, Iteration, Sets etc.
  
• Level of Details – Graphics Simplification LOD frameworks, Meshes, Topology etc
  
• Terrain LOD – Multi-resolution terrain, Terrain algorithms, Georeferencing issues etc.
  
• Ray Tracing – Geometry, Process, Intersecting rays, Extents, Reflection, Transparency etc.
  
• Advanced Texturing – Texture caching, compression & combiners, Multi texturing etc.
  
• Advanced Lighting – Radiometry, Photometry, Colorometry, Reflection, Shadows etc.
  
• Advanced Shading - Shading languages, Pixel & Vertex Shading, Motion Blur etc.

Module Resources

• Essential reading
1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. David Luebke, Martin Reddy, Level of Detail for 3D Graphics, 1st edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2003.
  2. Akenine- Moller, Eric Haines, Real - Time Rendering, 2nd edition, A K Peters, 2002.
     
  3. Eberly David, 3D Game Engine Design : A Practical Approach to Real-Time Computer Graphics, 1st edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2001.
     
  4. Eric J Stollnitz, Tony DeRose, David H Salesin, Wavelets for Computer Graphics: Theory and pplications, 1st edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 1996.
     
  5. M Mortenson, Mathematics for Computer Applications, 2nd edition, Industrial Press, 1998.
     
  6. Mel Slater, Anthony Steed, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments From Realism to Real – Time, 1st edition, Addison Wesley, 2001.
     
  7. Watt Alan, Fabio Policarpo, 3D Games: Animation and Advanced Real- Time Rendering, 1st edition, Addison Wesley, 2003.
• Journals
  
  • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Elsevier
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Elsevier
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Elsevier
• Magazines, Transactions & Proceedings

1. Mathematics Magazine, Mathematical Ass. Of America
2. Conference Proceedings, Society for industrial and applied mathematics

• Internet Sites

1. www.wavelet.org
2. www.mcqmc.org
3. www.subdivision.org
4. www.siam.org

• Laboratory
  • Hardware:
    2.8 GHz P4 Computers with 1 GB RAM & 256 MB Graphics Card
    HP Workstation: 2Core-2Processor AMD, 4GB RAM, 512 MB Graphics Card
    Infocus-DepthQ 3D Stereo Projector with Rear Projection Screen NuVision 60GX LCD Shutter Glasses with Emitters for Stereo Vision.
    
  • Software:
    MS VC++ V6 with OpenGL
  • Software Manual:
    C++ Books, VC++ Books & Tutorial, MSDN Library
    OpenGL Reference Manual, Programming Guide, OpenGL Super Bible
    OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) Tutorial & Reference Book
    OpenGL Shading Languages, Advance OpenGL Tutorial