CS 467
Graphics II

Overview  

CS 467 covers advanced graphics topics with a focus on interactive techniques. This course covers the following topics: the modern graphics pipeline, texturing, shadowing, shading, modeling, indirect illumination, and animation, among other topics. 

CS 467 focuses on the theoretical basis of these topics, while in CS 468, the practicum associated with CS 467, we cover practical implementation issues. We have several programming assignments for CS 467/468. Additionally, in CS 468 groups of two will build an interactive 3D game illustrating the various concepts from CS 467.

CS 465 is a pre-requisite for this course. If you have taken the equivalent of CS 465 contact the instructor about taking 467. You can register for CS 467 and not 468.

Announcements

Thursday, June 7: Final project summary.
Tuesday, April 17: DreamWorks Jobs, listed here
Tuesday, April 17:  Rhythm and Hues Jobs- We have four software intern positions available for this summer in all areas (rendering, animation, simulation, and compositing) for money and credit( Cornell-in-Hollywood). Contact Eric Tsai (tsai@rhythm.com) for information.
Monday, March 12: Intel has these graphics jobs available.
Thursday, March 8: Pixar has Internships available for Summer and Fall
2007. They are a  iTechnical Director Internship, Software Engineer Internship and QA Internships. You can find out more about them and apply here. The deadline for applying is March 31.
Thrusday, February 22nd: Two job openings are available at Sportsvision, Inc., which is responsible for most of the synthetic graphic elements of many popular sports casts.  The job flyers are here and here.
Friday, February 2nd: Office hours have been posted and will begin next week.
Wednesday, January 24th: The course staff mailing list has been created. If you have any questions for the course staff, use: cs467-staff-l@cs.cornell.edu

Administration

• COMS 467/8 Graphics II  3 Cr.
  • Times: Tu, Th 1:25-2:40 
  • Location: Hollister 110
  • Schedule
• Instructor: Kavita Bala
  • Office: 5142 Upson
  • Office Hours: T 2:45-4:00
    
• Teaching Assistants:
• Adam Arbree: M 2:00-3:00, F 1:25-2:15, by appt.
• Don Holden: W 12:30-2:30
  
• Calen Pennington: T 2:45-4:45
  
• Yi Xu: WR 3:45-4:45
• All TA hours held in Rhodes 455.
  
• Administrative Assistant: Kelly Patwell
  • Office: 5147 Upson

Textbooks

Good reference books are:

• Real-time Rendering by Tomas Akenine-Moller and Eric Haines. ISBN: 1-56881-182-9

Resources

• Open GL resources: Redbook Online, Nehe's OpenGL Tutorials