Schedule
The schedule below lists the reading material, due dates for assignments, and topics covered. Due dates for assignment also appear on Canvas. All dates/times are in Eastern time (Hanover, NH).
For convenience, you can also find/download all the slides linked from the schedule below in this Dropbox folder.
| Date | Reading | Due | Topic/Slides | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1: Introduction | ||||
| Sep 16 | Syllabus; Ch. 1–3; PBR Ch. 3 | Introduction; linear algebra review | ||
| Sep 17 | X-hour - Darts base code introduction, PA0, PA1 | |||
| Sep 18 | RTOW, all chapters | PA0 | Ray tracing | |
| Sep 20 | RTOW, all chapters | Ray tracing - Shading | ||
| Week 2: Meshes & Textures | ||||
| Sep 23 | RTOW, all chapters | RA1 | Ray tracing - Shading | |
| Sep 24 | Quiz 1 | X-hour | ||
| Sep 25 | RTNW Ch. 1, 3; PBR Ch. 6.5–6.5.2 | Meshes & acceleration structures | ||
| Sep 27 | PBR Ch. 7 | PA1 | Meshes & acceleration structures | |
| Week 3: Radiometry & Monte Carlo | ||||
| Sep 30 | RTNW Ch. 4–8 | RA2 | Texture mapping | |
| Oct 1 | Quiz 2 | X-hour - PA2, Debugging | ||
| Oct 2 | RTNW Ch. 4–8 | Environment Mapping; Procedural Texturing | ||
| Oct 4 | PBR Ch. 4 | Radiometry; Reflection Equation | ||
| Week 4: Monte Carlo | ||||
| Oct 7 | RTRYL; PBR Ch. 2 | RA3, PA2 | Monte Carlo I | |
| Oct 8 | X-hour - PA3, Blender Exporter | |||
| Oct 9 | RTRYL; PBR Ch. 2 | Monte Carlo II | ||
| Oct 11 | PBR Ch. 2.2.2 | Monte Carlo III: Importance sampling | ||
| Week 5: Direct Illumination, Rendering Equation, & Path Tracing | ||||
| Oct 14 | RTRYL; PBR Ch. 9 | RA4 | Direct Illumination I | |
| Oct 15 | PA3 | |||
| Oct 15 | X-hour | |||
| Oct 16 | PBR Ch. 13, Ch. 12.6 | Direct Illumination II; Multiple Importance Sampling | ||
| Oct 18 | RTRYL; PBR Ch. 13.1–13.4 | Multiple Importance Sampling; Rendering Equation & Path Tracing | ||
| Week 6: Microfacet Models & Participating Media | ||||
| Oct 21 | RTRYL; PBR Ch. 9.6, Ch. 9.6.4 | RA5 | Microfacet Models | |
| Oct 22 | Quiz 2 | |||
| Oct 22 | X-hour | |||
| Oct 23 | RTNW Ch. 9; PBR Ch. 14 | Participating Media | ||
| Oct 25 | RTNW Ch. 9; PBR Ch. 14 | PA4 | Participating Media | |
| Week 7: Participating Media, Bidirectional path tracing | ||||
| Oct 28 | RTNW Ch. 9; PBR Ch. 14 | RA6, Proposal | Participating Media | |
| Oct 29 | X-hour | |||
| Oct 30 | RTNW Ch. 9; PBR Ch. 14 Ch. 16 (PBR v3) | Participating Media | ||
| Nov 1 | PBR Ch. 16 (PBR v3) | Light Tracing & Bidirectional Path Tracing | ||
| Week 8: Photon Mapping | ||||
| Nov 4 | PBR Ch. 16 (PBR v3) | RA7, PA5 | Photon Mapping | |
| Nov 5 | X-hour | |||
| Nov 6 | PBR Ch. 16 (PBR v3) | Photon Mapping | ||
| Nov 8 | RTNW Ch. 9; PBR Ch. 14; Ch. 16 (PBR v3) | Volumetric Photon Mapping | ||
| Week 9: Many Light Methods, Stratification & Misc. | ||||
| Nov 11 | RA8 | Many Light Methods | ||
| Nov 12 | X-hour | |||
| Nov 13 | PBR Ch. 8.5–8.7 | Stratified Sampling | ||
| Nov 15 | PBR Ch. 8 | Quiz 3 | Orthogonal Array Sampling | |
| Week 10: Misc. | ||||
| Nov 18 | PBR Ch. 15.5 (PBR v3) | RA9 | Subsurface Scattering | |
| Week 11: Finals | ||||
| Nov 25 | PA6 | Final projects due | ||
| Nov 26 | "Final Exam" (Rendering Competition, 11:30 AM!) | |||