Siggraph website of the use of artificial life techniques in computer animation. The website has sections on the flocking algorithms of Reynolds (herds, flocks and schools), the simulation of the motion of snakes and worms, and th  ... more

Siggraph website of the use of artificial life techniques in computer animation. The website has sections on the flocking algorithms of Reynolds (herds, flocks and schools), the simulation of the motion of snakes and worms, and the simulation of the behaviors and motion of fish and humans. There is a list of relevant websites and related videos on SigGraph course on Artifical life.   less

"The "computer vision" or "machine vision" problem is a long-standing, difficult problem. Fundamentally, it is: how can a computer algorithm, alone or in concert with a human, produce a useful computational representation of a sce  ... more

"The "computer vision" or "machine vision" problem is a long-standing, difficult problem. Fundamentally, it is: how can a computer algorithm, alone or in concert with a human, produce a useful computational representation of a scene, given one or more images of that scene? Fully hundreds of researchers have developed machine vision algorithms over several decades. However, they have employed widely different definitions of the problem, leading to an enormous variety of problem statements and proposed solutions, and even degrees of automation of proposed solutions. The City Scanning Project envisions an end-to-end system to "acquire" such 3D CAD models of existing urban environments. Our principal goal has been to make the system fully automated, so that it scales to handle the acquisition of very complex environments with thousands of structures. Achieving such scaling means mechanizing all aspects of the project. Our first step was the design and construction of a novel device for acquiring navigation-annotated pictures, which we call a "pose-camera"."   less

Course website with syllabus, schedule, homework, projects, and related resources. "An introduction to the artistic and technical field of computer animation, including related theory, production, and business. Advanced 3-D model  ... more

Course website with syllabus, schedule, homework, projects, and related resources. "An introduction to the artistic and technical field of computer animation, including related theory, production, and business. Advanced 3-D modeling, texturing, rendering, and character-building skills are developed in conjunction with traditional story, animation, lighting, and camera methods. Student projects build up to scripted character animations."   less

The Computer Graphics Group is a research group within MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science. The site has research, education and publications pages.  ... more

The Computer Graphics Group is a research group within MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science. The site has research, education and publications pages.   less

Tutorial on aliasing includes an introduction, aliasing in computer graphics, point sampling theory, super-sampling and stochastic sampling. "Aliasing is a potential problem whenever an analog signal is point sampled to convert it  ... more

Tutorial on aliasing includes an introduction, aliasing in computer graphics, point sampling theory, super-sampling and stochastic sampling. "Aliasing is a potential problem whenever an analog signal is point sampled to convert it into a digital signal. It can occur in audio sampling, for example, in converting music to digital form to be stored on a CD-ROM or other digital device. Aliasing happens whenever an analog signal is not sampled at a high enough frequency. In audio, Aliasing manifests itself in the form of spurious low frequencies."   less

This course provides an overview of software and hardware systems for computer graphics including design factors related to human interaction, color perception and other ergonomic con- siderations. Emphasis is placed on unders  ... more

This course provides an overview of software and hardware systems for computer graphics including design factors related to human interaction, color perception and other ergonomic con- siderations. Emphasis is placed on understanding the principles underlying interactive computer graphics: basic software needs, the hierarchical structure of graphics software from low-level device dependent drivers to high-level 3-D modeling systems incorporating rotation, scaling, translation, perspective, 2-D and 3-D clipping, and color shading. More advanced topics include current hard- ware, visible surface algorithms, reflectance models, anti-aliasing techniques, and mathematical techniques for curve and surface representation. Slides, video tapes and films showing actual sys- tems in use supplement the lecture material. Course website has lecture slides (pdf), assignments and an archive of past student projects.   less

Solid modeling software with data management, document management, animation and plug-ins. Favorable academic licenses make it a low cost and easy to use tool for introductory and capstone design courses.  ... more

Solid modeling software with data management, document management, animation and plug-ins. Favorable academic licenses make it a low cost and easy to use tool for introductory and capstone design courses.   less

Abstract: In this gender-free age, we sometimes forget how difficult it was for women to break into most fields, and computer graphics was certainly no exception. Today, we have hundreds of women in the computer graphics field hol  ... more

Abstract: In this gender-free age, we sometimes forget how difficult it was for women to break into most fields, and computer graphics was certainly no exception. Today, we have hundreds of women in the computer graphics field holding high positions in industry (e.g. Carol Bartz, President of AutoDesk) and in academia (e.g. Judy Brown, University of Iowa). However, in the pre-SIGGRAPH days of the late '50s, '60s and early '70s, this was not the case. The woman in technology with the highest visibility was Commander Grace Hopper, but then one was hard pressed to identify others. The Society for Information Displays honored Frances Rice Darn, an Army display scientist, by creating the Frances Rice Darn Memorial Award.Alyce Branum, guest author of this Pioneers column, is among our early women computer graphics pioneers. She began work for me at Information Displays in 1969, having come from a technical staff position with Bunker Ramo. She later went on to work in computer graphics positions at Xynetics, Digital Equipment Corporation, Summagraphics and IBM. Alyce talks about her early experiences, and those of some of the other women computer graphics pioneers.   less

3Dvalley.com is one of the largest and most complete 3D resources with the best FREE models, textures, tutorials, plug-ins, 3D modeling and rendering software, and much more. Besides the huge amount of links, we also provide our o  ... more

3Dvalley.com is one of the largest and most complete 3D resources with the best FREE models, textures, tutorials, plug-ins, 3D modeling and rendering software, and much more. Besides the huge amount of links, we also provide our own models, textures and art from some of the most excellent artists in the 3D industry.   less

A project of the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, the Hypermedia and Visualization Laboratory. Tutorials on the following topics: Aliasing Animation Color Data Compression and Image File Formats Digital Video Gra  ... more

A project of the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, the Hypermedia and Visualization Laboratory. Tutorials on the following topics: Aliasing Animation Color Data Compression and Image File Formats Digital Video Graphics Design Hardware Illumination Models Lighting in Computer Graphics Mathematics for Computer Graphics Modeling Pixar Renderman Pixar Shutterbug Image series Ray Tracing Radiosity Scan Line Graphics Programmable Shaders Surface Mapping Viewing Web Graphics   less