1. Advanced Computer Graphics
Sang Il Park
Sejong University

2. Syllabus Instructor: 박상일 sipark@sejong.ac.kr Office: 충무관 1130호
Phone:

3. Syllabus Textbooks Pre-requisites
D. Hearn and M.P. Baker,Computer Graphics with OpenGL, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall
OpenGL Programming Guide, Addison Wesley. This book is available online at
Pre-requisites
A good knowledge on C or C++ programming

4. Textbook
D. Hearn and M.P. Baker, Computer Graphics with OpenGL, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall
컴퓨터 그래픽스 WITH OPENGL 저자 Hearn, Baker | 역자 이병래 강현철 김용규 김학수 | 출판사 홍릉과학출판사

5. Syllabus Grading policy Programming assignments/projects: 50%
Exams: 50%

6. What is Computer Graphics ?
Narrow definition
The pictorial representation and manipulation of data by a computer
The research field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information.

7. What is Computer Graphics ?
Broader definition: Interactive Computer Graphics
Man-machine graphical communication
Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad
“Interactivity” is as important as “visual output”
Nowadays, the term computer graphics includes almost everything on computers that is not text

8. Sketchpad (Ivan Sutherland 1963)
The first program ever to utilize a complete graphical user interface using CRT and light pen
In 1963, most computers ran jobs in batch job mode only using punch cards or magnetic tapes
A major breakthrough in the development of computer graphics
The ancestor of modern CAD(computer-aided design) and HCI(human-computer interaction)
video

9. A Brief History of Computer Graphics
1885: CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
1960: William F. Boeing coins “Computer Graphics”
1961: John Whitney, Intro to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo
1961: Spacewars, 1st video game
1963: Ivan Sutherland, Sketchpad
1963: Douglas Engelbart, The first computer mouse

10. A Brief History of Computer Graphics
1974: texture mapping, z-buffer, curved surface by Ed Catmull
1975: Phong shading
1976: Bump mapping by James Blinn
1980: Tron, 1st feature film by CG
Mid 1980’s: Emergence of graphical user interfaces
1986: Luxo Jr. nominated for Oscar (pencil test)
1995: Toy Story, 1st full CG feature film
1999: Cheap consumer 3D graphics
Short films of Pixar :

11. What is Computer Graphics About?
Replicate the real world in computers

12. What is Computer Graphics About?
Visualize your imagination in computers
Computer graphics = reality + imagination