CSC 418/2504 Winter 2002 Calendar

• Jan 8: Lecture: Introduction, ray tracing vs. z-buffer.
• Jan 10: Lecture: Scan-converting lines 
• Jan 11: No tutorial

Week 2

• Jan 15: Lecture: Scan-converting polygons
• Jan 17: Assignment 1 handed out.
              Lecture: Polygon Clipping, Intro to transformations.
• Jan 18: Tutorial: Cameras, Display Technology, Display Algorithms

• Jan 22: Lecture: Composing and Inverting Transformations, Rotation about a point and line.
• Jan 24: Lecture: Transformations as Change of Basis, Using Transformations in openGL.
• Jan 25: Tutorial: Line and Curve Drawing, scan conversion.

• Jan 29: Lecture: Transformation Hierarchies, Intro to Projection.
• Jan 31: Assignment 1 is due back.
              Lecture: Viewing Transformation, View Volumes.
• Feb. 1: Tutorial: Geometric Transformations 1.

• Feb. 5: Lecture: View volumes, 3D clipping.
• Feb. 7: Lecture: Surface normals, Back face culling, Intro to visibility.
• Feb. 8: Tutorial: Geometric Transformations, perspective projection as a transformation.

• Feb. 12: Lecture: Visibility BSP trees, Polygon Sorting. Assignment2 is handed out.
• Feb. 14: Lecture: Z-buffer, A-buffer.
• Feb. 15: Tutorial: Assignment, 3D clipping..

      Reading week.