Advanced Computer Graphics

Lectures:

3D modeling

1. solids
2. point based representations, mesh reconstruction
3. voxels, rendering, mesh reconstruction

Physically based rendering

1. foundations of radio- and photometry, lighting, reflection
2. advanced lighting models, BRDF, subsurface scattering
3. global illumination: rendering equation, models for solutions
4. Monte Carlo path tracing, Metropolis light transport, irradiance caching, photon mapping

Animation

1. interpolation, kinematics
2. motion capture
3. dynamics: particle and mass-spring systems, animation of fluids, rigid bodies, deformable models
4. facial animation

Laboratory:

Laboratory projects, where students implement their own solutions for visualization and animation of 3D models. Lab work is distributed over the semester, one homework for each content block and a seminar through the semester with a final presentation of results.