4. Programming with OpenGL: An Introduction Half Day / Beginning An introduction to programming interactive graphics programs using the OpenGL API (OpenGL 1.0 and the OpenGL 1.1 additions) with an emphasis on computer graphics fundamentals. Who Should Attend Programmers who want to write interactive graphics applications and who have little or no experience with OpenGL. Organizer Tom McReynolds Silicon Graphics, Inc. Lecturer Kathleen Danielson Silicon Graphics, Inc. Schedule 1:30 pm: What is OpenGL? - Tom McReynolds State Machine Geometry Data Flow Imaging Data Flow OpenGL's interface to windows systems 2 pm: Writing simple OpenGL programs - Kathleen Danielson Structure of a typical program States Drawing Geometry and Images (including Release 1.1 changes) Colors Drawing Attributes Display Lists 2:30 pm: Programming 3D graphics with OpenGL - Tom McReynolds Viewing, transformations, coordinate systems 3:00 pm: Break 3:15 pm: Programming 3D graphics with OpenGL - Tom McReynolds Lighting Hidden Surface Removal Texture Mapping Alpha Blending Antialiasing 3:45 pm: A survey of advanced techniques - Kathleen Danielson Atmospheric Effects (Fog) Accumulation Buffer Stencil Planes Evaluators/NURBS Feedback & Selection 4:15 pm: Summary, Q&A - All

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