The first computer game pong atari 1972 spacewars pdp1

Unformatted text preview: stry or the (Hollywood) movie industry? The game industry 9. Which is your favorite animated movie? The First Computer Game? Pong, Atari, 1972 Spacewars, PDP–1, MIT, 1961 Metal Gear Solid 4 Games Focus on interactivity Movies To reality and beyond ! Movies Special effects Movies Digital Compositing Digital compositing Digital Compositing Cartoons Computer-Aided Design Precision modeling Engineering visualization Modeling Clay Computer-Aided Design It’s not just about visualization • Simulation is also useful Visualization: Scientific Molecular Biology Environmental Physics Visualization: Medical Visualization: Architectural http://www.diamondschmitt.com/ Visualization: Info Smith and Fiore Graphical User Interfaces Steven Schkolne Art Steven Schkolne Digital Art Genetically evolved Carl Sims Digital Art By Jason Salavon The Top-Grossing Film of All Time ^nd 2 “Titanic” What is an Image / Video? • Array of pixels (one or more numbers) • A video is a time sequence of images Illumination • How they are formed: – Objects in the world (static or dynamic) – Illumination (light sources) – Imaging device (eye, camera) Camera • We want to synthesize images/videos Basic Elements Modeling Animation Rendering Interaction Objects Basic Elements • Modeling – How do we model (mathematically represent) objects? – How do we construct models of specific objects? • Animation – How do we represent the motions of objects? – How do we give animators control of this motion? • Rendering – How do we simulate the real-world behavior of light? – How do we simulate the formation of images? • Interaction – How do we enable humans and computers to interact? – How do we design human-computer interfaces? Modeling Primitives • 3D points • 3D lines and curves • surfaces (BREPs): polygons, patches • volumetric representations • image-based representations Attributes • Color, texture maps • Lighting properties Geometric transformations Rendering Visibility Simulating light propagation • Reflection • Asborption • Scattering • Emission • Interference Animation Keyframe animation motion capture Physics-based animation Autonomous motion planning Interaction Input/Output Devices Tools • Modeling, rendering, and animation Elements of CG The graphics pipeline Modeling Animation Rendering Modeling Representing objects geometrically on a computer Point clouds Texture maps Polygon meshes Surface patches NURBS Param...
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