Course Title: Interactive 3D Graphics and Animation

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Teaching Period: Sem 1 2010

Course Code: COSC1187

Course Title: Interactive 3D Graphics and Animation

School: 140H Comp Sci & Info Technology

Career: Undergraduate

Campus: City Campus

Learning Mode: Face-to-Face

Primary Learning Mode:

You will be learning in a face-to-face mode in lectures, tutorials and laboratories.
The course website may be found at http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/~gl/teaching/i3d/index.html

Credit Points: 12

Teacher Guided Hours: 36 per semester

Learner Directed Hours: 72 per semester

Course Coordinator: Geoff Leach

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3207

Course Coordinator Email:gl@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 10.09.18

Offering Coordinator: Geoff Leach

Offering Coordinator Phone: 99253207

Offering Coordinator Email:gl@rmit.edu.au

Additional Staff Contact Details

Head Tutor: Jesse Archer
Email: jesse.archer@rmit.edu.au
Web: http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/~jarcher

Tutor: Pyar Knowles
Email: pknowles@cs.rmit.edu.au
Web: http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~pknowles

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Prerequisites
-  Programming Principles 1B
OR
- Java for C Programmers

- Computer graphics and some knowledge of mathematics - vectors, matrices and trigonometry. This material is considered a prerequisite, although the material is revised in lectures. 3

Co-requisites
- Programming Principles 2A or Program Techniques

- Students should have done at least one programming course which includes an introduction to dynamic data structures and either know, or be learning, the C programming language

Course Description

The course introduces techniques, algorithms and principles of interactive 3D computer graphics and animation, including graphics algorithms, the graphics pipeline and graphics programming.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development:

Capability Development
This course contributes to the development of the following capabilities: Enabling Knowledge, Problem Solving, and Critical Analysis.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should:
- Have a firm understanding of three dimensional computer graphics;
- Have written interactive 3D programs using the OpenGL 3D graphics library;
- Be familiar with the basics of computer animation,
- Understand 3D viewing, the 3D viewing pipeline, hidden surface removal, shading and illumination;
- Be ready to study real-time rendering, realistic image synthesis, computer animation and game programming.

Overview of Learning Activities

The course introduces interactive 3D graphics and animation through lectures, tutorials, laboratories and programming assignments. Lectures concentrate on new theory and principles, tutorials concentrate on deepening understanding of lecture material through exercises, laboratories concentrate on programming excercises and examples. Lectures, tutorials and laboratories are closely related. Most new material is introduced in lectures, however some new material is introduced in laboratories through example programs. Completion of tutorial questions and laboratory exercises and projects, are designed to give further practice in the application of theory and procedures, and to give feedback on your progress and understanding. Private study will consolidate your understanding of the theory and practice.

A core learning experience in the course is developing a medium size 3D graphics application. The assignment reinforces the theory presented in the lectures and requires understanding and implementation of about half of the course material.

Details of Learning Activities

This year, as was introduced when the course was restructured, there will be three smaller assignments instead of one larger assignment, although each assignment builds on the last. Emphasis may include more of an overall toolchain view, including the use of packages for modelling and texturing and how to combine their use with custom OpenGL programs.

Teaching Schedule

Week	Lecture	Tutorial	Assessment
1	Introduction, drawing with OpenGL	Draw primitives with OpenGL
2	Graphics pipeline and animation	Particle animation
3	3D transformation and mouse/keyboard events	Cube viewer
4	3D modelling	Modelling 3D objects	Assignment 1 (25%) due 9pm Fri
5	Lighting, blending and materials	Add lighting controls to model viewer
6	Procedural modelling and normals	Procedural modelling
7	More 3D transforms and projection	(assignment work)
8	Performance and optimistion	(assignment work)	Assignment 2 (25%) due 9pm Fri
9	Sprites and billboarding	Sprite particles
10	Misc topics: fog, stencil, ...	(assignment work)
11	Advanced techniques teaser	(assignment work)
12	Revision	Assignment demonstrations	Assignment 3 (25%) due 12pm Wed

Overview of Learning Resources

You will make extensive use of computer laboratories and relevant software provided by the School. You will be able to access course information and learning materials through the Learning Hub (also known as online@RMIT) and may be provided with copies of additional materials in class or via email. Lists of relevant reference texts, resources in the library and freely accessible Internet sites will be provided.

Use the RMIT Bookshop’s textbook list search page to find any recommended textbook(s).

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

D. Shreiner, M. Woo, J. Neider, T. Davis, OpenGL Programming Guide, Addison Wesley or Edward Angel, Interactive Computer Graphics, Addison-Wesley Book Pack The bookshop has a number of packs containing both the above books, at a reduced price.

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

The assessment for this course comprises practical work and a final exam.

See Assessment Tasks (part B course guide for this Teaching Period) for assessment details, including deadlines, weightings, and hurdle requirements. For standard assessment information relating to Computer Science and IT courses see: http://www.rmit.edu.au/compsci/cgi

Assessment Tasks

Assignment 1: 25% (due Fri 9pm Week 4)
Assignment 2: 25% (due Fri 9pm Week 8)
Assignment 3: 25% (due Wed 12:30pm week 12)
Test/Exam: 25% (1 hour duration)

Final results are determined by the sum of the results for the individual assessment tasks. No individual assessment task is a hurdle, although students are expected to undertake all of them.

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