Class Date Topic Reading Due
1T 02/11 Pixels (notes) Chapter 1 Introduction Form
1R 02/13 Vectors (notes) Chapter 2A Setup
2T 02/18 Matrices (notes) Chapter 2B
2R 02/20 Lab 01: Pixar Ball
3T 02/25 Ray Tracing (notes, exercises) Chapter 3
3R 02/27 Lab 02: Green Mountain Sunset Lab 01
4T 03/04 Shading (notes, video) Chapter 4
4R 03/06 Lab 03: BB-8 Lab 02
5T 03/11 Scenes (notes) Chapter 5
5R 03/13 Lab 04: Bird Photography Lab 03
Spring Break
6T 03/25 Acceleration Structures (exercise, notes) Chapter 6
6R 03/27 Lab 05: OBJ files Lab 04
7T 04/01 Texturing (exercise, notes) Chapter 7
7R 04/03 Lab 06: Cloudy with a Meatball Lab 05
8T 04/08 Translucency (notes) Chapter 8
8R 04/10 Lab 07: Gummy Bears Lab 06
8F 04/11 Final Rendering Groups
9T 04/15 Rasterization (notes) Chapter 9
9R 04/17 Lab 08: Toon Shading Lab 07
9F 04/18 Final Rendering Sketches
10T 04/22 WebGL (exercise, notes) Chapter 10
10R 04/24 Lab 09: Flight Simulator Lab 08
11T 04/29 Animation I: Particles (exercise, notes) Chapter 11
11R 05/01 Lab 10: Snow Globe Lab 09
12T 05/06 Animation II: Springs (notes) Chapter 12
12R 05/08 Lab 11: Cloth Animation Lab 10
12F 05/09 Final Rendering
13W 05/14 Last day to submit labs for feedback
13F 05/16 Lab 11 & revisions for all labs due