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Explore the challenges of modeling various aspects of our world through the history of computer graphics, from prehistoric paintings to state-of-the-art simulations. Discover the evolution of techniques and technologies in depicting complex scenes and objects. Join us on a quest to perfect the representation of our surroundings in the digital realm.
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Which parts are hard to model? Photo by Svetlana Lazebnik From Alexei Efros
CMPS160 – Intro Computer Graphics • Professor – James Davis • TA – John Murray • T.Th 10-11:45am • http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/classes/cmps160/Fall11/
Depicting Our World Prehistoric Painting, Lascaux Cave, France From Alexei Efros
Depicting Our World: The Middle Ages St. John from the Gospel Book of Abbot Wedricus (1147) Cimabue Madonna Enthroned (c.1280-1290) From Alexei Efros
Depicting Our World: Toward Perfection Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Marriage (c.1434) From Alexei Efros
Depicting Our World: Toward Perfection Lens Based Camera Obscura, 1568 From Alexei Efros
Depicting Our World: Perfection? From Alexei Efros
Depicting Our World: Ongoing Quest Marc Chagall Pablo Picasso From Alexei Efros
Enter Computer Graphics... From Alexei Efros
3D geometry projection Simulation GRAPHICS physics Traditional Computer Graphics From Alexei Efros
State of the Art • Amazingly real • But so sterile, lifeless, futuristic (why?) From Alexei Efros
The richness of our everyday world From Alexei Efros Photo by Svetlana Lazebnik
Beauty in complexity From Alexei Efros University Parks, Oxford
People On the Tube, London From “Final Fantasy” From Alexei Efros
Faces / Hair From “Final Fantasy” From Alexei Efros Photo by Joaquin Rosales Gomez
Urban Scenes Photo of l LA Virtual LA (SGI) From Alexei Efros
Nature River Cherwell, Oxford From Alexei Efros
Lab 4 – Some sort of tutorial on programmable shaders (not chosen yet) • Lab 5 – Choose something that interests you • More of an all quarter thing • We will give ideas, but you can also suggest
Webpage – and details there – • Piazza • Ask about clickers.. • Pass out pre-check of topics