This Cornell Box image, rendered at 1024x768 with 4 samples per pixel on a Dual P3 800MHz Linux-PC, showcases the simulation effect of ray tracing. (Image courtesy of Henrik Wann Jensen.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Wojciech Matusik
Prof. Frédo Durand
MIT Course Number
6.837
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course provides introduction to computer graphics algorithms, software and hardware. Topics include: ray tracing, the graphics pipeline, transformations, texture mapping, shadows, sampling, global illumination, splines, animation and color. This course offers 6 Engineering Design Points in MIT's EECS program.
