Graphics Coursework

Machinima

• Harrison Bergeron
• The Passion of the McCain
• Quick Joke

Human Computer Interaction

• University of Utah Website Critique
• U of U School of Computing Website Critique
• Car Steering Wheel Interface
• Redbox Kiosk Interface
• DVD Interface for Children

Adv. Graphics Raytracing

• Basic Raytracer
• Functional Raytracer
• Primitive Intersections
• Heightfield
• Material
• Acceleration Structure
• Textures
• Sampling and Filtering
• Instancing
• Monte Carlo

Image Processing

• Image Warping
• Error Template Matching
• Registration and Stitching
• Photomosaic Optimization

Virtual Reality

• Second Life
• Tracking Devices
• Head Tracked Scene
• Haptics and Physics
• Augmented Reality
• Mobile Augmented Reality System

Advanced Graphics OpenGL

• Modeling, Animation, & Selection
• Texture and Environmental Mapping
• Planar, Depthmap, & Volume Shadows
• Hardware Shader Programming
• Non-Photorealistic Rendering

Scientific Visualization

• Contour Rendering
• Univariate and Bivariate Colormaps
• Colormapped Isosurfaces
• Volume Rendering
• Vector Visualization

Digital Intellectual Property Law

• Marching Cubes Algorithm Patent

Modeling Pixar's Wall-E in Maya

A project I am working on calls for a cameo of Wall-E, from the 2008 Pixal movie. Modeling and texturing Wall-E in Maya was an enjoyable process-any time you can quickly develop a model using simple shapes is good in my book. You can read more about this model and the 3D modeling and animation process here.

Character Animation and Machinima

In Spring 2008, my last semester at the University of Utah I will be taking two classes at the University of Utah. CPSP 6964 - Interactive Machinima uses the Half Life 2 game engine and content to create animations. Machinima style animations differ from traditional animations in that reframing and re-rendering a scene is as easy as replaying a game map, all animations are created in real time. In FILM 6760 - Advanced Graduate Computer Animation, I will use Maya and other software packages to model, rig, and animate a character based short animation.

Human Computer Interaction and Geometric Modeling

In Fall 2008 I will be taking two classes at the University of Utah. CPSP 6540 - Human Computer Interaction explores user interface, usability, and design philosophy. CPSP 6670 - Geometric Modeling with Splines covers parametric representation initially with Bezier curves, leading into B-Splines.

The projects that I completed this semester are available to the right. Unfortunatly the Human Computer Interaction projects are only available as a HTML (frames) version of a Powerpoint presentation. Kind of ironic that a class on user interface design insisted that homework be turned in via Powerpoint, but it illustrates what a ridiculous class it was. For further proof, check out the presentations. The final project was a DVD interface for children, which I designed in Flash. Jump directly to this "thing" here.

Raytracing, Virtual Reality, and Image Processing

In Spring 2007 I am taking three classes as part of my Masters coursework. CPSP 6620 - Advanced Computer Graphics II studies the raytracing algorithm and research. CPSP 6640 - Introduction to Image Processing applies digital signal processing to images, presented in a bio-engineering framework. CPSP 6360 - Virtual Reality examines the historical and current research in the fields of virtual reality, augmented reality, and applied force-feedback, although I am interested in the field coming from a entertainment background with research psychology sensibilities.

More to come as I link my assignments here.

Graphics and Visualization at the University of Utah

The above is a 3D rendered image of the Wasatch Front and greater Salt Lake City, pulled from a DEM file and visualized in VTK. Many of the projects that I'm doing as part of my MS in Computer Graphics at the University of Utah School of Computing have associated HTML pages created that serve as project reports. These will be linked in here as I complete them. In Fall Semester (2006) the programming / computer science heavy classes are CPSC 6610 - Advanced Computer Graphics I (OpenGL) and CPSC 6630 - Scientific Visualization. I am also taking a class in Digital Intellectual Property Law.