Short Course on 3D Computer Graphics

11^th – 25^th January 2023, Aula Verde, Floor D

ABSTRACT: This short course for PhD students aims to give an overview of 3D Computer Graphics (CG) and to present some of its possible applications in both research and industry. The course will introduce the theoretical bases of 3D Computer Graphics and will provide some practical examples using OpenGL and Unity, with a special focus on Augmented Reality (AR) applications.
The course consists in 14 hours of frontal lectures and a final exam. All the lectures will be held in presence, beside one that will be done on Zoom.

Main Teacher: Piercarlo Dondi (University of Pavia)
Co-Teachers: Alessandro Gaggia (BeSharp), for Lecture 5; Vittorio Scalet (Neosperience), for Lecture 6

Organizers: Piercarlo Dondi and Luca Lombardi

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Calendar

Wednesday 11^th January

• 10:00 – 12:00: Lecture 1, Introduction and Rendering Pipeline

Thursday 12^th January

• 10:00 – 12:00: Lecture 2, Geometry and Transformations
• 14:00 – 16:00: Lecture 3, Lightning, Shading and Texturing

Tuesday 17^th January

• 10:00 – 12:00: Lecture 4, Augmented Reality (AR)
• 14:00 – 16:00: Lecture 5, How to design an AR application in Unity

Thursday 19^th January

• 09:00 – 11:00: Lecture 6, Virtual Environments: the Haier Virtual Showroom Project (on Zoom)
• 11:00 – 13:00: Lecture 7, 3D Computer Graphics and Deep Learning

Wednesday 25^th January

• 10:00 – 12:00: Final Exam

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Course Material

• Course Overview
• Lecture 1, Introduction and Rendering Pipeline
• Lecture 2, Geometry and Transformations
• Lecture 3, Lightning, Shading and Texturing
• Lecture 4, Augmented Reality (AR)
• Lecture 5, How to design an AR application in Unity
• Lecture 6, Virtual Environments: the Haier Virtual Showroom Project
• Lecture 7, 3D Computer Graphics and Deep Learning