Module name:
Interactive computer graphics
Abbreviation:
ICG
Study semester:
2nd semester (SS), Frequency: once a year
Responsible for module:
Volker Ahlers
Teaching staff:
Volker Ahlers, Frauke Sprengel
Language:
German or English
Place in curriculum:
Master, compulsory elective, 2nd semester, for students majoring in
“Graphics and Visualization”
Teaching methods/SWS:
2 SWS lecture with approx. 15 students
2 SWS exercise with approx. 15 students
Work required:
Lecture = 34 h
Exercise = 34 h
Own study time = 112 h
Credit points:
6 CP (= 180 h)
Prerequisites acc. to
exam regulations:
None
Recommended
prerequisites:
Computer Vision, cryptography and algorithms, computer graphics
lecture in Bachelor study program
Learning goals:
Algorithmic skills: Understanding of basic mathematical and algorithmic
principles in computer graphics, real-time rendering, in particular;
taking graphics hardware into account in programming
Analysis, design and realization skills: Design and realization of
interactive graphics applications with current graphics software; ability
to develop shader programs
Technological skills: Understanding of the function of current graphics
hardware
Methodological skills: Ability to evaluate and compare a computer’s
graphics performance
Contents:
Basic principles: Real-time rendering, architecture of current graphics
hardware, rendering pipeline, lighting models, texture mapping,
applications
Advanced rendering techniques: mirrors, shadows, image-based
rendering, particle systems
Modeling: Scene graphs, acceleration techniques, spatial data
structures, collision handling, picking, physics engines
Programmable shaders: Shading languages, vertex and fragment
shaders, technical applications (GPGPU)
Graphics software: Current graphics APIs, scene graph libraries and
physics engines
Examinations:
Examination (written or oral examination) and experimental work
Media forms:
Lecture: Presentation, board, examples, discussion
Exercise: Independent problem-solving in groups of 2, project work
with presentation of results, assessment and discussion of
solutions, further discussion
Literature:
Lecture notes
Akenine-Möller, T., E. Haines, N. Hoffman: Real-Time Rendering.
A K Peters, latest edition.
Angel, E.: Interactive Computer Graphics. Addison-Wesley, latest
edition.