Polytech Extension

Lectures

• Monday, Feb. 8, 1400—1700: advanced illumination models and BRDFs (Darkaoui & Trimolet)
  • Blinn-Phong model
  • Cook-Torrance model
  • Gooch model
  • BRDFs: measurement and use in illumination models
• Monday, Feb. 8, 1400—1700: shadow computation in photorealistic CG (Toavina Rakotomanga)
  • shadow volumes
  • how to efficiently compute them
  • soft shadows
• Monday, Feb. 15, 1400—1700: sub-surface scattering (Cabaret & Gramain)
  • principle
  • models for computation
  • use in modern games (?)
• Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1400—1700: real-time raytracer on the GPU (Young & Laget)
  • principle
  • hardware implementation
  • current performance levels, current limitations
  • outlook for the next few years
• Monday, Feb. 29, 1400—1700: image-based rendering (Samba & Vilcot)
  • principle
  • how to get to views from arbitrary points of view
  • how to deal with limitations of the source images (different illumination ...)
  • practical application scenarios
• Wednesday, Mar. 2, 1400—1700: voxels and volume rendering (Castelain & Djian)
  • voxel models
  • maximum intensity projection
  • direct volume rendering
  • example applications (visualization)
  • GPU support
• e-mail me if you would like to propose a different topic

Projects

• terrain modeling based on images/textures (Castelain & Djian)
• 3D generation of tree models with L-systems (Kim Samba & Vincent Vilcot)
• terrain generator based on noise functions (Toavina Rakotomanga)
• gravity-based simulation of object interaction (Darkaoui & Trimolet)
• character animation in a scene (Young & Laget)
• fire simulation with particle system (Cabaret & Gramain)