Mark 50% of term

Overview

The goal of the project is for you to put together many of the ideas we have covered in the course in a substantial OpenGL/GLUT system.

• You can work in groups of up to 3 people.
• There are 2 parts to submit:
  1. the first is a brief proposal so that we agree on the scope of the work you plan to do;
  2. the second will consist of an oral presentation of your work, plus your code and an "instruction manual".

You should exploit the advanced techniques we have studied such as viewpoint specification, lighting and material properties, surface design and texture application. Areas to focus on are:

• Significant or interesting user interaction.
• Some form of animation of the scene or viewpoint.
• Sophisticated shape and surface rendering.

Some possible projects include (ask me if you're interested):

• Design a figure and animate it using motion capture data (available from the web).
• Drive a stereoscopic (immersive) display to show the correct view of a scene based on head position (I have the equipment in my lab).
• Fast rendering of surfaces from noisy and incomplete (stereo-based) vertex data.

Your proposal should consist of a 1-2 page description of your project and include a title and the names of all group members. Make clear if you intend to borrow any models or components of the system from other sources. Try to be specific about what you will do.

You are required to attend all of the final oral presentations and you will be asked to grade your peers on their work as a component of their final mark. Instruction manuals don't need to be long, but they should tell me how to run the system and highlight what does and doesn't work.

• March 29 -- Project proposal Due.
• Presentation Dates TBD
• April 30 -- Final submission of code and documentation.