Do you know a link we should add to this list?  If it's not already on the site, please send the URL, a description, up to 5 relevant keywords, and the location of the organization if applicable to cgresources@siggraph.org.  The site should be accurate, impartial and relevant to the CG community. Last revision: October 5, 2000

Other Web Resource Lists Media Organizations: Magazines, Newsletters  Institutions: Organizations, Schools, Universities  Companies: Hardware, Production, Software

3D Ark
Lot information about CG software, from mailing lists and forums until news and jobs.
Keywords:resources
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3DCafe
Resources for computer graphic artists, products, free downloads, jobs, newsletter.
Keywords:3D software, jobs
Location:WI, IL, USA
3D Engines List
The 3D Engines List tries to provide an overview of software 3D engines for real time graphics and VR on various platforms. Each engine is reviewed with list of features, contact information (email, link to homepage) and links to download a demo or the source. There are currently 631 engines on the 3DEL.
Keywords:Real time graphics software, Virtual Reality software
Location:Berlin, Germany
3DLinks
Many discussion forums, information on 3D hardware and software, tutorials on all the major CG software packages and graphics book sales.
Keywords:Graphics forums, 3D hardware, 3D software, tutorials, books
Location: Ontario, Canada
3DSite
Newsletter, on line job search, 3D graphics links, 3D bulletin board links.
Keywords:Jobs, bulletin boards, 3D graphics links.
Location:
3D Up
Computer Graphics portal.
Keywords:resources
Location: Spain
Brown University Exploratories
This is a collection of Java applets for learning about Computer Graphics, including Color Theory, Imaging (convolution and filters), Graphics Math (dot products, coordinate systems, splines), and scene
management.
Keywords:Computer Graphics, Java, applets, exploration, learning, splines, color theory, convolution, filters
Location: Rhode Island, USA
FAQs
Links to FAQS on graphics algorithms, graphics file formats, OpenGL, ray tracing, graphics utilities.
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GeoVRML
GeoVRML is an official Working Group of the Web3D Consortium. It was formed on 27 Feb 1998 with the goal of developing tools and recommended practice for the representation of geographical data using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML).
Keywords: VRML
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Historical Timeline
The Historical Timeline of Computer Graphics evolution.
Keywords:
Location: Ohio, USA
Visual Effects Resources Center
The companies, the jobs, the events, links to visual effects tutorials.
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Web Reference
The Webmaster's Reference Library Tutorials on animation and graphics for the web. 3D tutorial that teaches the principles behind animating 3D graphics for the Web. Book reviews and articles.
Keywords: html, xml, web graphics, tutorials
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Web 3D RoundUP
The home page of the semi-annual Web 3D RoundUP, held at the annual SIGGRAPH conference and at the Web 3D conference.
Keywords: web
Location:

Products

NewTek
The official page of the Lightwave creators
Keywords: modeling, animation
Location: Texas, USA
Related links:
Lightwave Tutorials - Several tutorials for new users of Lightwave 3D, or users new to Lightwave 6. Also some Painter and Aura tutorials
OpenGL
The official page of OpenGL.
Keywords: OpenGL, examples, tutorials
Location: USA
Related links:
ClassGL - C++ MFC class library
Gateway to OpenGL Info - links to various information sources on OpenGL
RenderMan
Pixar's RenderMan is the core rendering technology that enable the creation of photorealistic 3-D scene.
Keywords: animation, rendering
Location: California, USA
Related links:
RenderMan-related Links - Documentation, Plugins, Developer's Tools

Topics

Algorithms
Numerical Recipes - This is the home page for the well-known numerical recipes books in C,
Fortran, and other languages.  Free downloads of PDFs of the books are
currently available, as is online purchase of the source code.
Keywords: Numerical Algorithms
Location: Cambridge, England
Bibliography
CG Publication List from SIGGRAPH - Computer Graphics Bibliography Database, 18,000 entries
Keywords: bibliography search, publication links
Location: Ohio, USA
Elsevier - publishers book and on-line journals
Keywords: bibliography search, publication links
Location: Amsterdam, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro
Collision Detection
 Collision Detection in Virtual Environments - Kelvin Chung's publications and links on collision detection
Keywords: collision detection
Location: Hong Kong
V-Collide, Collision Detection for Arbitrary Polygonal Objects - C++ source code library for collision detection
Keywords: collision detection, code
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Color Theory
Color Matters - J.L Morton's site for color theory information and links
Keywords: color
Location: Hawaii
Computer-Human Interface
HCIL - University of Maryland's Human-Computer interaction lab, research, publications
Keywords: Human-computer interaction
Location: Maryland, USA
Compression
 3D Graphics Compression Homepage - A resource page for 3D Graphics compression information maintained by Davids King at the Georgia Tech GVU Center.
Keywords: graphics compression
Location: Georgia, USA
Geometry
The Geometry Center - links to projects and resources on the use of technology to visualize and communicate mathematics and related sciences.
Keywords: visualization
Related Links: Minnesota, USA
Graphics File Format
Graphics - archive of specifications for various graphics file formats
Keywords: graphics file formats
Related Links: Edinburgh, Scotland
Mathematics
Wavelet Digest - This is an archive of a free monthly email newsletter from folks utilizing Wavelets across many different application areas, including but not limited to computer graphics.
Keywords: wavelets, mathematics
Related Links: New Jersey, USA
Modelling
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Motion Capture
Motion Capture Links - Motion Capture links for hardware, software, research groups, etc.
Keywords: motion capture
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Radiosity
An Introduction to Radiosity - Ray Yep's course notes on radiosity
Keywords: radiosity
Location: Missouri, USA
Ray Tracing
Ray Tracing News Guide - Eric Haine's compilation of ray tracing links
Keywords: ray tracing
Location: USA
Texturing
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Virtual Environments & Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality at SGI - Silicon Graphics' virtual reality site.
Keywords: virtual reality
Location: California, USA
On the Net:  Resource in Virtual Reality - links to virtual reality products and research project from the HITL labs
Keywords: virtual reality, virtual environments
Location: Washington, USA