Arvutigraafika seminar 2016/17 kevad

Seminars

Programme

• 08.02.2017 Introduction - organization
• 15.02.2017 Introduction - introductory topics^[1]
• 22.02.2017 Introduction - introductory topics^[1]
• 01.03.2017 Field Trip to the CGVR Lab (Presentation)
• 08.03.2017 Graphical Glitches — Maksym Kurylovych
• 15.03.2017 Procedural Animation — Andreas Sepp (PDF)
• 22.03.2017 GLSL vs HLSL — Marko Täht
• 29.03.2017 Physically-Based Shading — Diana Algma
• 05.04.2017 Realtime Realistic Rendering — Yevhen Tyshchenko
• 12.04.2017 Reflections and Caustics — Kaarel Tõnisson
• 19.04.2017 Three.js — Brait Õispuu (Code)
• 26.04.2017 2D Dynamic and Static Shadows — Sander Tiganik
• 03.05.2017 Vulkan — Raman Shapaval
• 10.05.2017 Non-Realistic Rendering — Dmytro Tkachuck
• 17.05.2017 Project presentations
• 24.05.2017 Thesis defense practice

[1] introductory topics - these include introduction to OpenGL and WebGL, standard graphics pipeline, vertex transformations, colors, lights and ray tracing.

Chosen topics

1. Graphical Glitches — Maksym Kurylovych, 08.03
2. Procedural Animation — Andreas Sepp, 15.03
3. GLSL vs HLSL — Marko Täht, 22.03
4. Physically-Based Shading — Diana Algma, 29.03
5. Realtime Realistic Rendering — Yevhen Tyshchenko, 05.04
6. Reflections and Caustics — Kaarel Tõnisson, 12.04
7. Three.js — Brait Õispuu, 19.04
8. 2D Dynamic and Static Shadows — Sander Tiganik, 26.04
9. Vulkan — Raman Shapaval, 03.05
10. Non-Realistic Rendering — Dmytro Tkachuck, 10.05

Some possible topics

1. Color blending – What happens when there are transparent objects in your scene?
2. Lighting models – What are the common models? Where and when are they used?
3. Texturing – How can one sample from a texture? What kinds of artefacts may appear?
4. Curves – Why are they important in CG? What about curved surfaces?
5. Global illumination – Pick one or compare different methods: Radiosity, path tracing, photon mapping.
6. Realtime realistic rendering – Provide an overview of the common methods or pick some effect (light, wetness, fog, fur / hair, skin) and find out how it's rendered realistically in real time.
7. Non-realistic rendering – Where is it used and how is it achieved? Realtime vs prerendered?
8. Tessellation – How can this be done in OpenGL 4?
9. Post-processing effects – What effects are there? When and how are they used?
10. Procedural generation (PCG wiki) – Where and how is it used? How to apply procedural textures to procedurally generated meshes?
11. Physically-Based Shading – What is it? Why is it important to understand physical properties of materials for shading? What games / game engines use it?
12. Rendering in VR – What extra considerations are in VR? How do different technologies overcome them?
13. Vulkan – What can be done with it? Why is it useful? How to Vulkan?
14. Subsurface scattering – What is it? How it is implemented? What does it solve?
15. Reflections and caustics – What are the modern techniques, which do those?
16. GLSL vs HLSL – What are the differences? How are both used?
17. Use case study – Find out in detail how graphics are done in one game or movie.
18. Motion capture – What are the difficulties today? Best budget setup for it?
19. Modern GPU architecture – How are GPU-s built today? What are they optimized for? E.g. Vega, Kepler, Pascal.
20. Graphics on consoles / smartphones – What limitations are there in consoles or embedded systems vs the PC? How to overcome them compared to the PC approach?